In Washington, DC, the Capitals spread the scoring around withDmitry Orlov getting the game-winner in the period andRadko Gudas and Nic Dowd adding goals in a 3-1 decision over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dmitry Orlov scored the game-winner for Caps – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“They were a little fresher than us,” Alex Ovechkin said of the Lightning, who hadn’t played since losing 4-3 in overtime to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. “But I think you see how [Holtby] played, and the PK do obviously a great job, and we just stick to the plan.”
Braden Holtby made 26 saves in the win.
Nikita Kucherov scored the Bolts lone goal.
“I can’t sit here and say we played very well,” Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. “I can’t say that about our team in the last month and a half. It was two tough periods for us. (Curtis) McElhinney kept us in it. I’ve got to give the guys credit. We come out and had a strong third.”
The Bolts were scoreless in seven power play chances.
“We’re a proud group and we’re not happy about our performance on the power play tonight,” Tampa’s Victor Hedman said. “We take it upon us to go out there and get us goals and get us momentum, and we didn’t do that today, and that’s on us.”
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McElhinney made 32 saves in the loss.
“We have a chance to go up [on the 5-on-3], and we don’t do it,” Lightning forward Brayden Point said. “They come back after that to score one, and we’re chasing.”
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