Washington Capitals 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 1 to Tampa Bay Lightning 3, on Saturday, October 3, 2026 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, October 3, 2026
DateOct 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
1-1-0Record1-1-0
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding3rd in Atlantic Division
2-2Road record / home record8-0
WLLWWLast 5LWWWL
W1StreakL1
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
Brayden 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 10:21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:34 | 2:21 | 0:03 | 16:10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 12:00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 14:45 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 13:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14:10 | 1:17 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:34 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:21 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 13:33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ilya Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 11:39 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:02 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 1:46 | 1:37 | 14:30 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:49 | 2:13 | 3:28 | 12:08 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 27:11 | 2:10 | 1:29 | 23:32 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vincent Desharnais | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 12:05 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Martin Fehervary | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:11 | 0:02 | 2:04 | 16:05 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Hutson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:03 | 1:50 | 0:34 | 18:39 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:11 | 0:02 | 2:25 | 14:44 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:22 | 0:00 | 2:14 | 12:08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 57:36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 | 1:25 | 1:59 | 14:18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 8:06 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:27 | 0:06 | 1:06 | 13:15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:47 | 0:33 | 0:00 | 15:14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 | 4:56 | 0:30 | 12:52 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:07 | 4:57 | 2:52 | 14:18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 | 1:03 | 0:02 | 14:20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:46 | 5:14 | 0:01 | 17:31 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 12:25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:32 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 16:02 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeffrey Viel | 1 | 8 | 0 | -1 | 7:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 | 4:30 | 0:02 | 16:03 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 | 0:03 | 2:48 | 17:43 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | 1:30 | 0:00 | 12:17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:34 | 0:09 | 1:30 | 11:55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:30 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 9:51 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:52 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 14:28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 17:48 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .952 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 3-1, on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Washington Capitals 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 3.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Justin Sourdif (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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