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Conference Finals · Game 6

Lightning at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 WSH leads 4–3

Capitals, Conference Finals Game 6, beat Lightning 3–0 at Capital One Arena on May 21, 2018.

TBL – WSH
24–34
Shots on goal
0/2–1/1
Power play
19–39
Hits
13–20
Blocked shots
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The game

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Conference Finals — Best of 7

WSH vs TBL · WSH leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–2
Final · WSH
Game 2
6–2
Final · WSH
Game 3
4–2
Final · TBL
Game 4
4–2
Final · TBL
Game 5
2–3
Final · TBL
Game 6
0–3
Final · WSH
Game 7
4–0
Final · WSH

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
T.J. Oshie
2 G
5 shots · 20:44 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
2 A
1 shots · 18:22 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Devante Smith-Pelly
1 G
1 shots · 12:01 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 T.J. Oshie PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:12
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
3rd period
🦅 Devante Smith-Pelly 3rd · 10:02
Assists: Chandler Stephenson, Jay Beagle · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–2
🦅 T.J. Oshie Empty net 3rd · 19:10
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
0–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Point · Kucherov 19:27
L2 Palat · Miller · Gourde 14:43
L3 Johnson · Paquette · Cirelli 13:42
L4 Killorn · Kunitz · Callahan 13:13
D1 Hedman · McDonagh 24:02
D2 Stralman · Girardi 20:38
D3 Sergachev · Coburn 12:50
🦅Capitals
L1 Kuznetsov · Backstrom · Oshie 20:43
L2 Ovechkin · Vrana · Wilson 16:55
L3 Eller · Stephenson · Smith-Pelly 12:01
L4 Burakovsky · Beagle · Connolly 8:22
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:44
D2 Orlov · Orpik 20:56
D3 Kempny · Djoos 13:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 34
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1
19 Hits 39
13 Blocked shots 20
7 Takeaways 17
6 Giveaways 10
7 Penalty minutes 9
TBL shooting 0.0% (0/24) WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 58:56 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby Shutout
24/24
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
T.J. Oshie · 2nd 15:12 · 0–1 Devante Smith-Pelly · 3rd 10:02 · 0–2 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 19:10 · 0–3
TBL WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 25-6-1 (78% win rate, 32 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 18-12-6 (50% win rate, 36 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-8-1 (47% win rate, 17 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 18-2-4 (75% win rate, 24 games)

Last meetings

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May 192018 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3 May 172018 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 4–2 May 152018 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 4–2 May 132018 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 6–2 May 112018 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–2
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TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on May 21, 2018?

Capitals won 3–0. The final score was Lightning 0, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

T.J. Oshie (2), Devante Smith-Pelly.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 24 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMay 19 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3 AfterMay 23 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–0
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 19 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3 AfterMay 23 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–0
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