It was an action-packed, aggressive battle between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena in Washington. After the Lightning took a 1-0 lead into the second period, Washington came back to tie it in the second and the third period started in a 1-1 tie and ended up ending in a 2-2 tie to give hockey fans in Washington some free hockey as the Lightning and Capitals had to determine a winner in overtime. But after just a couple minutes into overtime, the Capitals struck for the game-winning goal.
Jake Guentzel put a point in the score column for the Lightning with 12:54 left in the first period.