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After a weekend in New York, the Washington Capitals are back home to try and win their third straight game of the year. But it’ll come against arguably their most difficult test this month.
The perennially good Tampa Bay Lightning are in town looking to improve on their 1-2-0 record. Tampa played last night while the Capitals had the day off on Monday.
The Capitals will be without Pierre-Luc Dubois, who suffered a lower-body injury against the New York Rangers on Sunday. Logan Thompson will be back in net — yes, even despite Charlie Lindgren’s 35-save shutout against the Rangers — and will oppose Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Puck drop for Capitals-Lightning is at 7:00 pm on Monumental Sports Network and ESPN. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will have the call on MNST.
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Lines
Washington Capitals
Ovechkin
Strome
Beauvillier
Tampa Bay Lightning
Guentzel
Cirelli
Goncalves
Holmberg
Gourde
Bjorkstrand
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped. Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier & Chychrun-TVR get the start.
Alex Ovechkin gets off the Capitals’ first shot on goal, a clapper from the left circle that Vasilevskiy easily turns away.
Brandon Hagel with a great chance down the left wing, but Thompson comes out to challenge and makes the save.
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1-0 Tampa Bay Lightning
Goal: Jake Guentzel (1). Assists: R. McDonagh (1), A. Cirelli (1). Time: 07:06
Caps fourth line gets scored on. Guentzel gets lost in coverage and scores from the right side of the net.
Hagel with a semi-breakaway but Thompson makes another huge save on a high-danger chance.
Capitals go to their first power play after Nikita Kucherov hooks Dylan Strome at 13:58.
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