Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington CapitalsOct 14, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Oct 14, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TBL	1	0	1	0	2		TBL	8	5	6	0	19
WSH	0	1	1	1	3		WSH	7	8	11	2	28

: TBL 37WSH 64
: TBL 2.32WSH 2.98
PP goals: TBL 1WSH 1
Hits: TBL 8WSH 23
Blocks: TBL 17WSH 8
PIM: TBL 10WSH 8
: TBL 46%WSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:07 together.

Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:21.Wilson
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:48.Strome
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:07 together.Hedman Kucherov Guentzel Bjorkstrand Point
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Milano and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:15 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Milano Strome
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Beauvillier skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Beauvillier
Usage
Maxwell Crozier (TBL) played 4:27, −11:54 down on his 16:21 season average over 34 games.Crozier
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–McMichael–Protas skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson McMichael Protas
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (TBL) played 24:41, +5:33 up on his 19:08 season average over 47 games.McDonagh

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · WSH 64 · TBL 37

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 26% of the game, WSH 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against TBL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	WSH
	42	59
	2.44	1.80
	2.37	1.78
	6	12
	8	5
	17	22
	−0.014	+0.014
	26%	34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Holmberg
12:5930% CF
L2Kucherov – Point – Hagel
12:4652% CF
L3Guentzel – Cirelli – Goncalves
11:0027% CF
L4Douglas – Chaffee – Geekie
6:2244% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
13:3313% CF
D2Hedman – Moser
12:2048% CF
D3Crozier – Lilleberg
4:02100% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point
3:0750% CF
PP2McDonagh – Cirelli – Hagel – Chaffee – Goncalves
0:23
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
3:03
PK2FGourde – Guentzel
1:43
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
2:38
PK2DHedman – Moser
2:29

Current TBL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
12:0168% CF
L2Wilson – McMichael – Protas
10:4279% CF
L3Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
7:4210% CF
L4Milano – Lapierre – Leonard
4:4750% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
14:4333% CF
D2Roy – Sandin
14:3367% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
14:1472% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Milano – Strome
4:15100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Chychrun – Sandin – McMichael – Protas
0:33
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:05
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:19
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:14
PK2DRoy – Sandin
1:15

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	29	42
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	32	34
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	14:53	—	—	27	32
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.36	0	0	2	21:05	—	—	51	63
Brayden Point C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	51	65
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	55	66
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.48	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	37	60
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	29	57
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:51	—	—	31	59
Mitchell Chaffee R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:04	—	—	40	42
Conor Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	2	7:52	—	—	46	48
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	7:05	—	—	50	42
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:41	—	—	23	38
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	3	0	23:18	—	—	19	35
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	1	0	25:26	—	—	51	67
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	24:04	—	—	46	62
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	4	15:53	—	—	59	59
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:27	—	—	100	100

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.98	61:01

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	21:48	—	—	68	51
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	3	0	2	18:33	—	—	70	51
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	68	47
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	0.54	3	0	0	20:21	—	—	70	53
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	70	50
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	71	55
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:39	—	—	24	4
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	2	0	14:08	—	—	37	21
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	44	31
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	50	75
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	2	10:35	—	—	46	33
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:16	—	—	60	51
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	3	0	2	20:40	—	—	44	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	14:59	—	—	33	34
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:51	—	—	55	40
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	68	49
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.69	1	0	0	26:10	—	—	68	44
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	71	50

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	2.32	61:19

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jake Guentzel (TBL) 1st 7:06 · assists Ryan McDonagh, Anthony Cirelli · Off the faceoff · 40.9 mph shot.

Jake Guentzel · 1st 7:06 · TBL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 17:38 · WSH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Brayden Point · 3rd 1:23 · TBL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: deflection

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 4:56 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 41.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Jakob Chychrun · OT 1:19 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington CapitalsOct 14, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Tampa Bay Lightning

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Jake Guentzel · 1st 7:06 · TBL

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 17:38 · WSH

Brayden Point · 3rd 1:23 · TBL PP

Tom Wilson · 3rd 4:56 · WSH PP

Jakob Chychrun · OT 1:19 · WSH