5-2-0, 1-2-0 Away

4-3-0, 3-1-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	4	2	0	0	2.53	.886
D. Hildeby	1	0	0	0	2.01	.944

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	3	2	0	0	2.84	.904
C. Lindgren	1	1	0	0	3.06	.898

Capital One Arena

6:00 AM, 16 March 2027

Washington, DC

WSH

Points

Brandon HagelLW #38

10PTS

Alex TuchRW #89

6PTS

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

0PPG

33S

Alex TuchRW #89

0PPG

19S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

2PPA

1+/-

Dylan StromeC #17

1PPA

0+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW	Day-To-Day	17 Oct
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-LT	26 Dec
Matt Roy D	IR	17 Oct
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	24 Oct

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.00	2.71	30.3	24.3	62	2	7.4	4	77.8	0	0
WSH	3.43	3.14	26.1	29.6	81	3	15.8	4	83.3	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/10/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT
14/10/26	@NYR	L4-1
11/10/26	@NYI	W5-3
9/10/26	vsMIN	W3-2
6/10/26	vsPHI	W4-1

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
15/10/26	vsMTL	W5-4
14/10/26	@CAR	L4-2
12/10/26	vsSEA	L5-3
10/10/26	vsNYR	W3-1
8/10/26	vsPIT	W5-3

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Capitals
1
Lightning
3

Game 1

4/10

Capitals
Lightning

Game 2

18/11

Lightning
Capitals

Game 3

16/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Ottawa	6	2	0	12
Boston	5	2	0	10
Tampa Bay	5	2	0	10
Florida	4	2	2	10
Buffalo	4	3	1	9
Toronto	3	3	2	8
Montreal	3	3	1	7
Detroit	2	3	2	6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	6	1	1	13
NY Rangers	6	3	0	12
Washington	4	3	0	8
New Jersey	4	3	0	8
NY Islanders	3	3	1	7
Pittsburgh	3	3	1	7
Columbus	2	3	0	4
Philadelphia	0	6	3	3

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Scoring Leaders

Brandon HagelLW #38

Alex TuchRW #89

Brandon HagelLW #38

Alex TuchRW #89

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Dylan StromeC #17

Injury Report

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