Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jordan Kyrou RW	OUT	Sep 15
Rasmus Sandin D	OUT	Dec 21
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW	OUT	Sep 15
Charlie Lindgren G	OUT	Sep 15
Eriks Mateiko LW	OUT	Sep 15

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Pontus Holmberg RW	OUT	Sep 15

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/14/26	@CBJ	W2-1
4/12/26	vsPIT	W3-0
4/11/26	@PIT	W6-3
4/8/26	@TOR	W4-0
4/5/26	@NYR	L8-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
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
4/24/26	@MTL	L3-2 OT

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Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Flyers make Trevor Zegras their highest-paid with 4-year deal

The Flyers re-signed Trevor Zegras to a four-year contract with an average annual value of $9.125 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Source: Jets, Perfetti avoid arbitration, agree to 5-year deal

The Winnipeg Jets and center Cole Perfetti have avoided salary arbitration with a new five-year, $30 million contract, an NHL source told ESPN.

Matthew Tkachuk: Markstrom the best guy to take the reins from Bobrovsky

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Flyers make Trevor Zegras their highest-paid with 4-year deal

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