Projected NHL Lineups & Game Notes 05/17/18

The Tampa Bay Lightning went to Washington on Tuesday with their season basically on the line. The Lightning responded with an inspired effort to get back into the series. 

The Lightning gott off to a quick start, with Steven Stamkos firing home a rocket on the power-play midway through the first period. Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman each scored a goal early in the second period and the Lightning held on for a 4-2 win. Hedman finished with one goal and two assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 of 38 shots that he faced to get back on-track. 

After dropping both games on home-ice, the Lightning will try and take both in Washington to take this series back to Tampa Bay tied 2-2. 

Injury/Lineup Updates

GAMETIME DECISION

• – Nicklas Backstrom has not officially been cleared to play; listed as a game-time decision for Game 4.

Projected Lineups

Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning [Game 4]

L1: Alex Ovechkin—Evgeny Kuznetsov—Tom Wilson L2: Jakub Vrana—Lars Eller—T.J. Oshie L3: Chandler Stephenson—Nicklas Backstrom*—Brett Connolly L4: Andre Burakovsky—Jay Beagle—Devante Smith-Pelly/Alex Chiasson D1: Michal Kempny—John Carlson D2: Dmitri Orlov—Matt Niskanen D3: Brooks Orpik—Christian Djoos G: Braden Holtby	L1: Ondrej Palat—Steven Stamkos—Nikita Kucherov L2: Tyler Johnson—Brayden Point—Yanni Gourde L3: Alex Killorn—Anthony Cirelli—J.T. Miller L4: Chris Kunitz—Cedric Paquette—Ryan Callahan D1: Victor Hedman—Dan Girardi  D2: Ryan McDonagh—Anton Stralman D3: Braydon Coburn—Mikhail Sergachev G: Andrei Vasilevskiy