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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
C. Lindgren	0	1	0	0	2.08	.931
L. Thompson	1	0	0	0	2.00	.939

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	2	1	0	0	2.05	.898

Benchmark International Arena

7:30 PM, November 17, 2026Coverage: Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu

Tampa, FL

WSH

Points

Jakob ChychrunD #6

3PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

4PTS

Goals

Alex TuchRW #89

0PPG

Nikita KucherovRW #86

0PPG

Assists

Jakob ChychrunD #6

0PPA

0+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

0PPA

2+/-

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Matt Roy D	OUT	Oct 9
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	Oct 24
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-NR	Dec 26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Emil Lilleberg D	OUT	Oct 13
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2
Dominic James C	IR-NR	Oct 8

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
WSH	3.00	2.50	24.0	31.5	41	1	25.0	1	88.9	0	0
TB	2.67	2.33	30.0	20.0	30	0	0.0	1	85.7	0	0

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/3/26	@TB	L3-1
10/2/26	@CAR	W5-2
9/26/26	@PHI	W5-1
9/25/26	vsBOS	W3-2 OT
9/21/26	vsPHI	W5-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/5/26	vsPHI	W4-1
10/3/26	vsWSH	W3-1
10/1/26	@NYR	L5-1
9/26/26	@FLA	W3-2 SO
9/24/26	vsFLA	L5-3

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Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Capitals
1
Lightning
3

Game 1

10/3

Capitals
Lightning

Game 2

11/17

Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu

Lightning
Capitals

Game 3

3/15

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	4	1	0	8
Carolina	2	1	1	5
Pittsburgh	2	1	0	4
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
NY Islanders	1	2	0	2
New Jersey	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	2	0	2	6
Ottawa	2	1	0	4
Tampa Bay	2	1	0	4
Buffalo	2	1	0	4
Toronto	2	2	0	4
Boston	2	2	0	4
Montreal	1	1	1	3
Detroit	1	2	0	2

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Jakob ChychrunD #6

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Alex TuchRW #89

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Jakob ChychrunD #6

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

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