Putting an emotional second-round victory over playoff nemesis and two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh behind them, the Caps got a power-play goal and assist from Alex Ovechkin in his Eastern Conference finals debut and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday night. Game 2 is Sunday night at Amalie Arena, where Tampa Bay also lost Game 1 in the second round against Boston. But Nikita Kucherov’s would-be breakaway goal was waved off because Tampa Bay had too many men on the ice. Tampa Bay replaced goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy with Louis Domingue after the starter allowed four goals on 25 shots through two periods. Winger Tom Wilson, meanwhile, returned from a three-game suspension for a hit on Pittsburgh’s Zach Aston-Reese during in the second round.

Source: National Post May 12, 2018 02:48 UTC