Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Away

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Home

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	0	0	1	0	1.86	.933

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	1	0	0	0	1.01	.923

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, October 3, 2026

Tampa, FL

WSH

Points

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

2PTS

Ilya MikheyevRW #95

1PTS

Goals

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

0PPG

Conor GeekieC #14

0PPG

Assists

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

0PPA

2+/-

John CarlsonD #74

0PPA

1+/-

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Ovechkin LW	OUT	Oct 2
Patrick Thomas C	OUT	Oct 3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Dominic James C	OUT	Oct 13
Yanni Gourde C	OUT	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
WSH	2.00	2.00	32.0	30.0	14	0	0.0	1	83.3	0	0
TB	2.00	1.00	22.0	13.0	36	0	0.0	0	100.0	0	0

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/20/26	@BOS	L3-2 SO
4/14/26	@CBJ	W2-1
4/12/26	vsPIT	W3-0
4/11/26	@PIT	W6-3
4/8/26	@TOR	W4-0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/20/26	vsNSH	W2-1
5/3/26	vsMTL	L2-1
5/1/26	@MTL	W1-0 OT
4/29/26	vsMTL	L3-2
4/26/26	@MTL	W3-2

2026-10-03T23:00ZOpenMLTotalSpread

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

(0-0-0)

(0-0-0, 0-0-0 Away)

o5.5

-135

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

(0-0-0)

(0-0-0, 0-0-0 Home)

-142

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/3

Capitals
Lightning

Game 1

10/3

Capitals
Lightning

Game 2

11/17

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Game 3

3/15

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

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

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

Ilya MikheyevRW #95

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

Conor GeekieC #14

Ivan MiroshnichenkoLW #63

John CarlsonD #74

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