Washington Capitals 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 3, on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals.
NHLSaturday, November 8, 2025
DateNov 8, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-7-1Record8-5-2
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-2Road record / home record8-0
WWLLWLast 5WLWWW
W2StreakW1
Team stats
Washington CapitalsTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:08 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 15:15 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 13:51 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 10:54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:11 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 12:12 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 | 0:52 | 1:10 | 15:19 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:49 | 1:59 | 1:31 | 14:19 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:18 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 18:05 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:44 | 1:07 | 1:33 | 18:04 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | 1:01 | 1:11 | 15:59 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:59 | 1:08 | 0:42 | 17:09 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:58 | 1:07 | 1:27 | 22:24 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Martin Fehervary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 16:19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:08 | 0:01 | 0:48 | 22:19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 18:56 | 0:53 | 0:47 | 17:16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:22 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 14:54 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .850 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 57:54 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:07 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 14:13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Finley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:15 | 0:05 | 0:58 | 13:12 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | 0:31 | 1:02 | 13:54 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:31 | 2:34 | 0:55 | 19:02 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 0:23 | 1:05 | 18:50 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 12:41 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:34 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 19:48 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 17:21 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 | 0:16 | 1:22 | 17:20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:37 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 | 1:12 | 0:37 | 16:02 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:24 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:19 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 4:57 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:00 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 19:21 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .967 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 59:34 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 3-2, on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Washington Capitals 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: John Carlson (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (1 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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