Capitals 4, Lightning 1

The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning shrugged off a listless performance in their regular season finale against the Washington Capitals.

"I don't want to be short ... but it's not a big concern," coach John Tortorella said after the defending Stanley Cup champions lost 4-1 to remain the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference.

• Capitals 4, Lightning 1

Captials-Lightning, Sums

Washington 1 2 1-4

Tampa Bay 0 1 0-1

First Period-1, Washington, Halpern 10 (Ovechkin, Willsie), 9:52 (pp). Penalties-Morrisonn, Was (delay of game), :33; Fedotenko, TB (holding), 4:48; DiMaio, TB (tripping), 9:46; Biron, Was (hooking), 12:08; Halpern, Was (high-sticking), 17:11.

Second Period-2, Washington, Halpern 11, :12. 3, Tampa Bay, Fedotenko 26 (Richards, Craig), 4:03 (pp). 4, Washington, Clymer 16 (Yonkman, Laich), 5:14.

• Captials-Lightning, Sums