NHL · Sunday 4 October · Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning – Washington Capitals 3:1: NHL, 04/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning – Washington Capitals 3:1 (4 October). Tampa Bay Lightning won. Venue: Benchmark International Arena.
By period: 2:0, 0:1, 1:0.
Goals: C. D'Astous (Tampa Bay Lightning); C. Geekie (Tampa Bay Lightning); J. Sourdif (Washington Capitals); J. Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning).
Table now: Tampa Bay Lightning — 5th, 24 points from 17 matches; Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Zemgus GirgensonsTampa Bay Lightning1 penalty
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'
🏒 C. D'Astous1:0
assist: B. Hagel, J. Guentzel
- 08'pen.
Holding
- 16'
🏒 C. Geekie2:0
assist: B. Hagel, J. Guentzel
- 18'pen.
Holding
2nd period
- 02'pen.
Tripping
- 07'
🏒 J. Sourdif2:1
assist: J. Chychrun, B. Jenner
- 13'pen.
Fighting
- 13'pen.
Fighting
- 14'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 14'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
3rd period
- 00'pen.
Roughing
- 00'pen.
Roughing
- 08'pen.
Holding
- 12'pen.
Roughing
- 17'
🏒 J. Guentzel3:1
assist: N. Kucherov, J. Carlson · Empty net
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Guentzel | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Hagel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C. D'Astous | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Geekie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Carlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Lilleberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Sourdif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Jenner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Protas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| V. Desharnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Vasilevski(W) | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95.2% |
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Lindgren | 30 | 27 | 3 | 90.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 30Shots on goal21
- 20Saves27
- 95%Save %93%
- 30Faceoffs won18
- 13Penalty minutes25
- 5Penalties7
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | LWWWL | |
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away