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2021-22 regular season

Lightning at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Capitals 2–1 in overtime at Capital One Arena on October 16, 2021.

TBL – WSH
24–33
Shots on goal
19–17
Hits
15–16
Blocked shots
7–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Steven Stamkos
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:54 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Mikhail Sergachev
1 G
2 shots · 27:17 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 18:51
Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Tom Wilson · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
3rd period
⚡ Mikhail Sergachev Tying 3rd · 04:23
Assists: Steven Stamkos, Erik Cernak · beat Vitek Vanecek
1–1
Overtime
⚡ Steven Stamkos Go-ahead OT · 04:45
Assists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · beat Vitek Vanecek
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Point · Cirelli 21:00
L2 Killorn · Stamkos · Kucherov 17:26
L3 Maroon · Colton · Perry 13:32
L4 Bellemare · Katchouk · Joseph 10:56
D1 Hedman · Sergachev 28:16
D2 Cernak · McDonagh 25:14
D3 Sustr · Rutta 9:27
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Eller · Kuznetsov 21:52
L2 Oshie · Wilson · Mantha 18:08
L3 Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway 13:28
L4 Sheary · Lapierre · Sprong 10:57
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:34
D2 Jensen · Fehervary 19:13
D3 Schultz · van Riemsdyk 16:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 33
19 Hits 17
15 Blocked shots 16
7 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 2
TBL shooting 8.3% (2/24) WSH shooting 3.0% (1/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 64:45 TOI
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 64:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 18:51 · 0–1 Mikhail Sergachev · 3rd 04:23 · 1–1 Steven Stamkos · OT 04:45 · 2–1
TBL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–1
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Aug 32020 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3 SO Dec 212019 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Dec 142019 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–2 Nov 292019 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Mar 302019 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 6–3
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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on October 16, 2021?

Lightning won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Lightning 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Mikhail Sergachev, Steven Stamkos.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Lightning vs Capitals season series?

Lightning lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 14 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 7–6 AfterOct 19 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 13 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 1–5 AfterOct 19 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 3–6
Also on October 16
🌵ARI 1–2 ⚔️BUF 🏝️NYI 1–5 🐆FLA 🏛️OTT 1–3 🍁TOR 🗽NYR 3–1 🇨🇦MTL 🐋VAN 1–3 🐙DET 🪶CHI 2–5 🐧PIT 🦑SEA 1–2 🧥CBJ ⭐DAL 1–3 🐻BOS
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