Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning’s matchup against the Captials on Saturday.
When: Saturday, November 22 – 7 p.m. ET
Where: Capital One Arena – Washington D.C.
TV coverage: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/Stream Now
Lines from Thursday’s game (subject to change)
Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Nick Paul
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov
Zemgus Girgensons – Yanni Gourde – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Curtis Douglas – Dominic James – Gage Goncalves
Defensemen
JJ Moser – Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous – Emil Lilleberg
Declan Carlile – Steven Santini
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Saturdays’s Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning close their three-game season series against the Washington Capitals with Saturday’s visit to Capital One Arena…Tampa Bay is 1-0-1 against the Capitals this season, losing 3-2 in overtime on Oct. 14 before taking a 3-2 win on Nov. 8 at home…Jake Guentzel leads Tampa Bay in scoring against Washington this season with 2-1—3 in two games, while Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman and Charle-Edouard D’Astous each have two points…Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 1-0-1 with a .931 save percentage against the Capitals this season…The Lightning are 51-78-16 all-time against the Capitals, including 20-41-12 on the road…Martin St. Louis is the franchise’s career scoring leader versus Washington with 29-50—79 in 72 games. Nikita Kucherov leads all active Bolts with a line of 14-17—31 in 33 games…Vasilevskiy holds a 12-11-2 career record against the Capitals with a .906 save percentage, while Jonas Johansson has yet to start against Washington in his NHL career.
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The Road Ahead
Monday, November 24 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Wednesday, November 26 vs. Calgary Flames
Friday, November 28 at Detroit Red Wings
