Brandon Hagel scored the tie-breaking goal and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning won for the seventh time in eight games by beating the visiting Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday night.

Jake Guentzel also had a goal and an assist, and Emil Lilleberg scored for the Lightning as well. Charle-Edouard D'Astous posted two helpers. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves.

Brandon Duhaime and John Carlson hit the back of the net for the Capitals, and Ethen Frank and Nic Dowd recorded assists. Goalie Logan Thompson made 16 saves.

The match was the second this season between the Eastern Conference clubs, with the Capitals winning 3-2 in overtime at home on Oct. 14.

The Capitals slipped to a 1-5-1 mark in their last seven games.

Duhaime put the Caps up 1-0 at 4:06 when he buried hi

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