John Carlson’s game winner powered the Washington Capitals over the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 Wednesday night. The Washington blueliner completed the night with four points including two goals. Alexander Ovechkin picked up a goal and an assist, while Martin Fehervary opened the scoring for Washington (38-22-10). Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul, and Ross Colton replied for Tampa Bay(43-20-6). Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves for the Capitals, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 for the Lightning.
After the game Coach Jon Cooper noted that they’ve played a lot of hockey the last few years (and months) but have to fight through it.