The Washington Capitals staged a thrilling comeback to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 at Amalie Arena. With this victory, the Capitals improved their season record to 15-6-1.

Brayden Point opened the scoring for the Lightning with two goals in the first period, but the Capitals responded with goals from Andrew Mangiapane and Aliaksei Protas to tie the game. After a back-and-forth battle, Tom Wilson's power-play goal secured the win for Washington.