Tampa Bay Lightning

6thin Atlantic · 1-1-0, 2 PTS

YES!

Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals

1-1-0, 2 PTS 1 – 3

1-1-0, 2 PTS

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Benchmark International Arena (Tampa) · 19,092 fans · The Spot - MTN, MNMT, ESPN+

Highlights

Lightning beat the Capitals 3-1 in home opener

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves, Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Conor Geekie scored in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning won their home opener with a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:19 Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

0:50 Charle-Edouard D'Astous scores goal vs. Capitals

0:40 Justin Sourdif nets goal for Capitals

Clips play on ESPN

Benchmark International Arena · Tampa

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1
TB	2	0	1	3

Game Leaders

Washington Capitals

Justin Sourdif · 1Goals
Boone Jenner · 1Assists
Justin Sourdif · 1Points

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel · 1Goals
Jake Guentzel · 2Assists
Jake Guentzel · 3Points

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

Scoring

3rd 17:55

ENG Jake Guentzel Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (1), John Carlson (1)1–3

2nd 7:04

Justin Sourdif Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Jakob Chychrun (2), Boone Jenner (1)1–2

1st 16:30

Conor Geekie Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (2), Jake Guentzel (2)0–2

1st 2:26

Charle-Edouard D'Astous Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (1), Jake Guentzel (1)0–1

Team Stats

Washington CapitalsTampa Bay Lightning

Shots & Puck

21 Shots on Goal 30

14 Blocked Shots 19

24 Hits 30

37.5 Faceoff % 62.5

3 Takeaways 5

12 Giveaways 20

Special Teams

0/2 Power Play 0/3

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

25 Penalty Minutes 13

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Beauvillier	0	0	0	2	11:37	0	2	1	0	0:00	1:16	10:21	17	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
P. Dubois	0	0	-2	1	18:34	0	2	0	0	2:21	0:03	16:10	22	1	4	12	25.0	0	0
B. Jenner	0	1	0	3	14:57	0	0	2	0	0:00	2:57	12:00	18	1	3	5	37.5	0	0
J. Kyrou	0	0	-2	1	14:45	0	0	1	1	1:45	0:00	13:00	17	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. Leonard	0	0	0	3	14:10	0	3	0	1	1:17	0:00	12:53	17	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
A. Ovechkin	0	0	-1	0	13:34	0	3	0	0	2:41	0:00	10:53	16	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
A. Protas	0	0	-1	0	15:21	2	0	0	0	0:00	1:48	13:33	17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
I. Protas	0	0	0	0	9:55	0	0	1	0	1:39	0:00	8:16	12	0	5	5	50.0	0	0
J. Sourdif	1	0	0	1	12:24	2	0	0	0	0:00	0:45	11:39	17	1	1	0	100.0	0	1
D. Strome	0	0	-1	1	18:02	0	2	1	0	2:14	0:00	15:48	17	1	5	7	41.7	0	0
A. Tuch	0	0	0	2	17:53	0	2	0	0	1:46	1:37	14:30	22	3	0	1	0.0	0	0
T. Wilson	0	0	-1	2	17:49	12	2	1	0	2:13	3:28	12:08	22	1	0	0	0.0	0	2

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Chychrun	1	-1	2	27:11	2	0	1	0	2:10	1:29	23:32	27	4	0	1
V. Desharnais	0	0	1	15:25	5	4	0	0	0:00	3:20	12:05	21	0	2	1
M. Fehervary	0	-1	0	18:11	2	2	2	0	0:02	2:04	16:05	23	0	1	1
C. Hutson	0	0	1	21:03	0	0	1	0	1:50	0:34	18:39	27	1	0	0
T. Liljegren	0	-1	1	17:11	0	0	3	0	0:02	2:25	14:44	22	2	1	0
M. Roy	0	0	0	14:22	0	2	0	1	0:00	2:14	12:08	16	1	2	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
C. Lindgren	27	29	2	.931	57:36	24	3	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
A. Cirelli	0	0	0	1	17:42	0	1	1	0	1:25	1:59	14:18	24	0	7	3	70.0	0	0
C. Geekie	1	0	0	2	9:10	0	3	0	0	1:04	0:00	8:06	13	1	4	2	66.7	0	0
Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	1	14:27	2	4	3	1	0:06	1:06	13:15	21	1	10	5	66.7	0	1
G. Goncalves	0	0	-1	0	15:47	0	1	0	0	0:33	0:00	15:14	19	0	0	1	0.0	1	0
J. Guentzel	1	2	3	2	18:18	0	1	1	0	4:56	0:30	12:52	21	0	3	2	60.0	0	0
B. Hagel	0	2	2	6	22:07	0	0	0	1	4:57	2:52	14:18	22	2	1	0	100.0	2	0
P. Holmberg	0	0	0	0	15:25	2	0	0	0	1:03	0:02	14:20	21	1	1	0	100.0	1	1
N. Kucherov	0	1	1	3	22:46	0	0	0	0	5:14	0:01	17:31	20	2	1	0	100.0	2	0
I. Mikheyev	0	0	0	2	13:57	0	5	1	0	0:00	1:32	12:25	18	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
B. Point	0	0	2	3	20:32	2	0	1	0	4:30	0:00	16:02	19	3	3	5	37.5	1	1
J. Viel	0	0	-1	1	7:34	0	8	1	0	0:00	0:00	7:34	11	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Carlson	0	1	1	0	20:35	0	0	1	0	4:30	0:02	16:03	19	3	2	0
E. Cernak	0	0	1	4	20:34	0	3	3	0	0:03	2:48	17:43	26	0	0	0
C. D'Astous	1	0	0	3	13:47	0	0	1	0	1:30	0:00	12:17	16	0	5	0
V. Hedman	0	0	1	1	13:34	0	0	4	1	0:09	1:30	11:55	19	1	1	0
E. Lilleberg	0	0	0	1	10:30	5	3	0	1	0:00	0:39	9:51	15	0	1	1
R. McDonagh	0	0	0	0	15:52	2	0	2	1	0:00	1:24	14:28	18	0	1	1
J.J. Moser	0	0	1	0	19:23	0	1	0	0	0:00	1:35	17:48	22	2	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
A. Vasilevskiy	20	21	1	.952	60:00	17	2	1	0

Injury Report

Tampa Bay Lightning

Emil Lilleberg DDay-To-Day
Yanni Gourde CInjured Reserve
Dominic James CInjured Reserve

Washington Capitals

Matt Roy DDay-To-Day
Patrick Thomas CInjured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin DInjured Reserve

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