Lightning 3-2 Capitals (May 19, 2018) Final Score

Washington Capitals

49-26-7

	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2
TB	2	1	0	3

Vasillevskiy shines late, Lightning hold off Capitals 3-2

Cedric Paquette scored in the opening minute and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots to help the Tampa Bay Lightning hold off the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final.

May 19, 2018, 11:59 pm - Associated Press

NBC		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	1	1	2
	Lightning	2	1	0	3

1st Period			WSH	TB
0:19		Cedric Paquette (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan Callahan (1)	0	1
9:04		Ondrej Palat (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (10)	0	2

2nd Period			WSH	TB
0:33		Ryan Callahan (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Anton Stralman (4), Chris Kunitz (1)	0	3
4:21		Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (7), T.J. Oshie (8)	1	3

3rd Period			WSH	TB
18:24		Alex Ovechkin (11) (Extra Attacker) Assists: John Carlson (12), Lars Eller (8)	2	3

CAPITALS

LIGHTNING

Capitals
4
Lightning
2

Game 1

5/11

Capitals
6
Lightning
2

Game 2

5/13

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 3

5/15

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 4

5/17

Capitals
2
Lightning
3

Game 5

5/19

Lightning
0
Capitals
3

Game 6

5/21

Capitals
4
Lightning
0

Game 7

5/23

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	10	2	0	20
New Jersey	9	5	2	20
Washington	9	3	0	18
NY Rangers	8	3	1	17
NY Islanders	6	6	2	14
Columbus	5	5	2	12
Pittsburgh	5	8	2	12
Philadelphia	5	8	1	11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	10	3	1	21
Toronto	7	5	2	16
Tampa Bay	7	6	1	15
Boston	7	7	1	15
Detroit	6	5	1	13
Buffalo	6	7	1	13
Ottawa	6	7	0	12
Montreal	4	8	2	10

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Ryan CallahanRW - TB

Cedric PaquetteC - TB

Andrei VasilevskiyG - TB

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