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Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas gets into shouting match with Lightning fans during Game Three win in Tampa

Playoff hockey is an incredibly emotional experience for all fans, players, coaches, and apparently front-office staff. That was on full display in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-3 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas was filmed getting into an expletive-filled argument with Lightning fans sitting just below the box he and special assistant Jason Spezza occupied during the game. Spicy.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago

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Auston Matthews fights Steven Stamkos in first bout in NHL history between 60-goal scorers, sparks Leafs to overtime win

Going into the 2023 postseason, the Toronto Maple Leafs had not won a playoff series in 17 years, the fifth-longest streak in NHL history. With his team down 3-2 in the final period of Game Three and facing a 2-1 series deficit, Leafs’ superstar Auston Matthews decided he wasn’t letting his team go down without a fight… literally.

Matthews, who scored his first goal of the playoffs in the first period, dropped his gloves for the first time in his career, taking on Steven Stamkos and exchanging punches with the 500-goal scorer.

It marked the first time in league history two 60-goal scorers have fought each other per Sportsnet Stats.

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By Faith Harris 1 month ago

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Utterly outmatched in lopsided loss to Lightning: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals made the trip down to Tampa for the second half of a back-to-back with travel and it went just about as expected. Not well. The Caps fell 5-1 and were never once really in the game.

Can we start talking about the lottery more seriously now?

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By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago

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Lightning beat Caps badly like dogs 5-1, not great, not great

The Washington Capitals lost their third straight after Thursday night’s mellow performance in Tampa. It was never close.

Alex Killorn tapped in a point shot (but not a Point shot) on the power play to open scoring. With a faceoff win, Steven Stamkos scored with three seconds left in the first period to give the home team a 2-0 lead. Craig Smith scored from below the goal line, but in the third Pat Maroon crashed the net twice to seal the deal, and then Cernak added another seal on top of that first seal, you know, just in case, with an empty-netter.

Caps lose 5-1.

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By Peter Hassett 2 months ago

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Capitals vs Lightning live analysis and updates (March 30, 2023)

This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning game on March 30, 2023.

The Washington Capitals are back in action tonight. They’ll take on the Lightning in Tampa Bay.

After their loss to the New York Islanders last night, the Capitals’ chances to make the postseason have fallen to 0.2 percent per MoneyPuck.

The game is on NBC Sports Washington. Puck drop is a little after 7:00 pm.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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Game between Lightning and Golden Knights features line brawl and 146 total penalty minutes

Something spicy was in the water in Tampa on Thursday night as the Lightning hosted the Vegas Golden Knights in a cross-conference battle. The two teams just could not get along and that proved to be quite the challenge for the officiating crew and led to early showers for ten different players.

At the final horn, 146 penalty minutes had been called.

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By Chris Cerullo 3 months ago

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Lightning strike the Capitals with a terribly awful first period: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals traveled down to Tampa Bay to complete their home-and-home set with the Lightning and it did not go well. The Caps were out of the game within the first half of the first period.

Yikes.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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Lightning beat Caps 6-3, just a joyless game that was punishment to watch and now you’re forced read our recap

The Washington Capitals played the second half of their home-and-home with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Unlike the game in DC, this one sucked.

Tampa scored four goals in the first period. Mikhail Sergachev got a screen and deflection to make it 1-0. Nikita Kucherov’s one-timer made it 2-0. Nick Perbix got a lucky bounce of Carlson and Gustafsson to make it 3-0. Mikhail Sergachev’s again-screened point shot made it 4-0. At this point in the game, the Caps had zero shots on goal.

The lone goal of the second period came from Conor Sheary after a keen pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov. Cole Koepke made it 5-1 with his first NHL goal (one the refs missed). Lars Eller got one late, when we thought it was over, but then principled conservative Rand Paul got an empty netter, then Garnet Hathaway won a stick battle in the slot to make it 6-3.

Caps lose.

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By Peter Hassett 7 months ago

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Capitals vs Lightning live blog and updates (Nov. 13, 2022)

This is your place to check for updates and comment along with the Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning game on November 13, 2022.

The Washington Capitals blew out the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Friday in their chippiest game of the season. The game featured a line brawl, a bad blindside hit that earned Nicolas Aube-Kubel a three-game suspension, a fight during a break in play that earned fines, and a bunch of injuries.

Tonight, the two teams will complete their home-and-home set in Tampa Bay’s Amalie Arena.

What to watch for? Will the testosterone from Friday night carry over to Sunday and will there be scores to settle? I hope so because it sure is funny and entertaining.

The Capitals need all the standings points they can get. They’re sitting in sixth in the Metropolitan Division heading into tonight’s game and their chance of making the playoffs has fallen to 54 percent as the New Jersey Devils won their ninth straight game Saturday.

The Capitals benefitted from an own goal (Stamkos), a breakaway goal after a major penalty ended, and several other fortunate bounces. Tampa made bad decisions in their own zone Friday. If the Lightning are more focused from start to finish tonight, a win for the Capitals may not come as easy.

The Capitals will insert Connor McMichael back into the lineup with NAK out due to suspension. Will Kevin McCarthy, who’s coaching due to Peter Laviolette being in COVID protocol, give McMike more opportunity and minutes or will the Canadian center prospect be stapled to the bench like in most Lavy-run games.

Darcy Kuemper will start again. No goalie in the NHL has played more minutes than Kuemper this season (714:49). He’s getting a Braden Holtby in his prime workload. It’ll be interesting to see how his play holds up over a full season.

Tonight’s game is a national game on ESPN. Puck drop is shortly after 7 pm.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Lightning will be without two defensemen in rematch against Capitals due to injury

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals went to war on Friday. The Lightning came out on the worse side of things — not only on the scoreboard but in the locker room as well.

Tampa Bay lost three defensemen Cal Foote, Erik Cernak, and Mikail Sergachev to injury during the game.

Head coach Jon Cooper gave updates on those three players during Tampa Bay’s morning skate on Sunday. The two teams are set to rematch each other tonight at Amalie Arena.

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By Chris Cerullo 7 months ago

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