Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

17-13-4, 8-6-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	0	1	1
Capitals WSH	0	1	2	3

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

26-6-5, 10-3-4 Home


Shots	27	35
Hits	35	23
Faceoffs Won	35	29
Faceoff Win Percent	54.7	45.3
Power Play Opportunities	7	3
Power Play Goals	0	0
Power Play Percentage	0.0	0.0
Short Handed Goals	0	1
Total Penalties	2	7
Penalty Minutes	4	14
Blocked Shots	18	21
Takeaways	4	7
Giveaways	11	14

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-0

Lightning
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

29/11

Capitals
5
Lightning
2

Game 2

15/12

Lightning
1
Capitals
3

Game 3

22/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	36	14	4	76
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	18	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	24	3	61
Ottawa	27	22	7	61

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	35	15	6	76
Pittsburgh	28	15	12	68
NY Islanders	31	21	5	67
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	28	23	7	63
Philadelphia	25	20	10	60
New Jersey	28	26	2	58
NY Rangers	22	28	6	50

Capitals and Predators hit the ice for non-conference matchup

Nashville Predators (26-23-7, in the Central Division) vs. Washington Capitals (28-23-7, in the Metropolitan Division)

Kings visit the Golden Knights after Kuzmenko's 2-goal game

Los Angeles Kings (23-18-14, in the Pacific Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (26-16-14, in the Pacific Division)

Lomberg scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd and Flames top scuffling Oilers 4-3 to take season series

— Matvei Gridin had a goal and an assist for the rookie's first multipoint game in the NHL, leading the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Dmitry OrlovD - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Curtis McElhinneyG - TB

Game Information

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

Capitals and Predators hit the ice for non-conference matchup

Kings visit the Golden Knights after Kuzmenko's 2-goal game

Lomberg scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd and Flames top scuffling Oilers 4-3 to take season series