The Lightning and Caps in battle in the ice. Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaker with about 8 minutes left, lifting Tampa Bay to a 4-2 victory over Washington.
The Washington Capitals struck fast, keeping the Tampa Bay Lightning off balance. The Capital scored twice within a minute to lock-down the Lightning 6-2.
Washington found what they were looking for to go against the Penguins: momentum. Ovechkin knocked in his own rebound to lift the Capitals over Pittsburgh 4-3.
(AP) — Alex Ovechkin needed one point tonight to become the 84th player in NHL history to score 1,000 in his career. He waited all of 35 seconds to reach the milestone as he scored his 545th career goal to put the Washington Capitals ahead to stay in a 5-2 victory over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins...