The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the Washington Capitals on Friday night at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-5-1 this season and have 15 points on the year. Tampa Bay is coming off of a loss to the Edmonton Oilers by a score of 3-2 in their last game. Tampa Bay out shot Edmonton by a total of 37-29, but went 0-5 on the power play in the loss. The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.23 goals per game, 3.08 goals against per game, 22.2% on the power play, and 78.7% on the penalty kill this season. Nikita Kucherov has led the Lightning with six goals, 15 assists, and 48 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Tampa Bay is Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is 4-4-1 this season with a 2.90 goals against average and a .910 save percentage.
The Washington Capitals are 6-7-2 this season and have 14 points so far this season. Washington is coming off of a loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-1 in their last game. Washington was out shot by a total of 28-25 and went 0-4 on the power play in the loss. The Washington Capitals are averaging 2.73 goals per game, 3.00 goals against per game, 25% on the power play, and 82.2% on the penalty kill this season. Alex Ovechkin has led the Capitals with eight goals, five assists, and 58 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Washington is Darcy Kuemper, who is 4-6-1 this season with 2.47 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.
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