The Caps are in partly cloudy, 72-degree Tampa today for the first game of their mentors’ trip (pictured above), hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are in a weird situation. Last year’s regular-season dominators, the Lightning of 2019-20 are ambling along outside the playoff window at the moment. They will be highly motivated to win this one.
Puck drop’s at 7 PM. Ya boy Chris Cerullo is on the recap.
By Peter Hassett 7 hours ago
The Washington Capitals pulled a pretty darn good game out of their bags the day after Thanksgiving, outplaying the Tampa Bay Lightning in a comeback overtime victory 4-3. You love to see that.
The Caps out-shot the Lightning 35 to 30 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 60 to 46.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals shook off the Thanksgiving hangover and treated us to a delightful afternoon game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Brayden Point sunk a power-play goal to give Tampa an early lead, which Mikhail Sergachev doubled up in the second period. Evgeny Kuznetsov got the Caps on the board with a powerful drive to the net, but Alex Killorn answered before the second intermission.
Jakub Vrana brought the Caps within one goal four minutes into the third period with a sneaky goal. Then, with an Ovi Shot from the Ovi Spot, Alex Ovechkin tied the game, forcing overtime for the three hundredth time this season. (Okay, the 12th.)
Orlov completed the comeback in OT for a big holiday W.
Caps win 4-3!
By Peter Hassett 2 weeks ago
The Capitals are taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning still with an altered lineup due to injury.
Early puck drop at 5PM and here are your injuries.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and we are right back into the fray with a Capitals hockey game. This one will feature the Tampa Bay Lightning and lets hope the Caps don’t have a turkey hangover.
Puck drop is at 5PM and Peter will have your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
The Tampa Bay Lightning may have signed Kevin Shattenkirk yesterday, but their biggest pick up of the offseason is yellow Labrador puppy, Bolt. They are now the newest team to jump on the puppy bandwagon.
Bolt, who will serve as a team ambassador while becoming big and strong, will be with the Lightning for a year before adventuring to become a service dog. He will definitely work to the top of his paw-tential and fit in great with the squad.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
Less than a week after the New York Rangers bought out the remainder of Kevin Shattenkirk’s contract, the former Capitals defenseman has found his next team in the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Vice president and general manager of the Lightning, Julien BriseBois, announced on Monday that the Lightning had signed Shattenkirk to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. The 30-year-old defenseman tallied 51 points over 119 games with New York Rangers, and was an on-and-off healthy scratch while on the team. The addition of restricted free agent Jacob Trouba to a seven-year, $56 million deal dropped Shattenkirk further down the Rangers’ depth-chart.
By Donya Abramo 4 months ago
The Tampa Bay Lightning won 62 games this season, more than anyone in the history of ever. But as the regular season ended and the irregular loffs began, the Bolts found themselves outmatched by the eighth-seeded Columbus Blue Jackets.
In one of the biggest upsets in NHL playoffs history, the Blue Jackets just eliminated the Lightning, knocking the Presidents’ Trophy winners out in the first round.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
The NHL department of player safety has announced that Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov has been suspended one playoff game for boarding Columbus defender Markus Nutivaara.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals took the league’s best Tampa Bay Lightning to the cleaners in their own barn. The 6-3 victory was the Caps first in the three game series set all played in March where the Caps ended up 1-1-1.
The Caps out-shot the Ning 35 to 28.
By Chris Cerullo 9 months ago
