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BRANDON, Fla. (AP) Jon Cooper is confident the Tampa Bay Lightning will be fine. Experience tells the coach and his players they shouldn’t be overly concerned about losing the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals at home. The way the Washington Capitals are playing, though, it could be more difficult to rebound from a shabby performance this time. Continue to Article

May 13, 2018 10:00:am EST

Alex Ovechkin and Co. certainly got the better of the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1. Washington took a 4-0 lead through the first two periods and never looked back. Tampa put up a fight late in the first period when they thought they had tied the game Continue to Article

May 12, 2018 10:17:pm EST

The Washington Capitals maintained their postseason momentum and trounced the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. Michal Kempny, Alex Ovechkin, Jay Beagle and Lars Eller scored for the Capitals, who played in their first conference finals game in 20 years. The Capitals have won five of their last six games and nine of 11. Continue to Article

May 12, 2018 8:30:am EST

In a series that features superstar offensive talent in Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos, it was a defenseman with fewer than 150 games of NHL experience who opened the scoring. Michal Kempny scored his first career playoff goal in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday to spark the Capitals to a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. With every passing game, the acquisition of Kempny continues to look more and more like a home run trade for the Caps who managed to shore up their blue line for a top-four defenseman. Continue to Article

May 12, 2018 3:45:am EST

The Washington Capitals were all over the Tampa Bay Lightning as they took a 4-0 lead through the first 40 minutes and cruised to the 4-2 win. Here's how the Caps took Game 1. Washington went up 1-0 off a goal from Michal Kempny, but the game really turned thanks to a bizarre sequence at the end of the first period that saw the Caps take a 2-0 lead to the locker room. Continue to Article

May 11, 2018 11:22:pm EST