nhl Game Recap
Washington Ices Tampa Bay 5-1 - Recap
Washington earned a 5-1 victory over Tampa Bay behind a 2-goal performance from Sonny Milano on Friday at Capital One Arena.
The Capitals were a +125 underdog in the win. The combined score pushed PUSH the total, which closed at 6.0.
Sonny Milano(2), Conor Sheary, Anthony Mantha, and Aliaksei Protas each scored for the Capitals in the victory. Mantha opened the scoring for Washington.
Darcy Kuemper turned in a 28-save effort for the Capitals.
Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Darcy Kuemper.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 of 24 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Washington scored 0 times on 6 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 29-24.