T.J. Oshie and Devante Smith-Pelly scored, Braden Holtby stopped all 24 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals blanked the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 to even the Eastern Conference final and force a deciding Game 7.
Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson and Brooks Orpik led the charge physically in Game 6.
Tampa Bay got 31 saves from goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in another impressive showing but had no answer for Washington's hit-everything-that-moves approach facing elimination at home
Game 7 is tomorrow night at Tampa Bay. The winner faces the Vegas Golden Knights, who are in the Stanley Cup Final in their first season.