• Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point, left, celebrates scoring against Washington Capitals with teammates Tyler Johnson (9) and Yanni Gourde (37) during the first period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point, left, celebrates scoring against Washington Capitals with teammates Tyler Johnson (9) and Yanni Gourde (37) during the first period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) less
Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point, left, celebrates scoring against Washington Capitals with teammates Tyler Johnson (9) and Yanni Gourde (37) during the first period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Eastern ... more
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Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaker with about eight minutes left, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning weathered the equivalent of more than a period without a shot on goal to edge the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday night, evening the Eastern Conference final at two games apiece.

Killorn was left pretty much alone during a defensive breakdown by Washington and scored six seconds after a Tampa Bay power play expired, putting in a pass from Ondrej Palat.

Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point scored Tampa Bay's first two goals, and Anthony Cirelli added an empty-net goal with a second left.

Washington's goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov — off an assist by Alex Ovechkin — and defenseman Dmitry Orlov.

The Lightning play host to Game 5 on Saturday night, with Game 6 back in Washington on Monday. The road team has won every game in the series so far.