Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-10-03

Lineups

The league posts the dressed rosters about an hour before puck drop. They appear here as soon as they are out.

Season series

First meeting of the season

• Oct 3, 2026Tonight
• Nov 17, 2026WSH at TBL
• Mar 15, 2027TBL at WSH

By the numbers

Capitals1-0-0		Lightning0-1-0
5.0011th	GF / game	24th1.00
2.008th	GA / game	22nd5.00
50.0%4th	Power play	16th0.0%
83.3%17th	Penalty kill	26th50.0%
53.2%9th	Faceoffs	25th38.6%

2026-27 regular season, with league rank.

Leaders

Points

Alex Tuch

#89 · R

2

Nikita Kucherov

#86 · R

1

Goals

Alex Tuch

#89 · R

2

Nikita Kucherov

#86 · R

1

Assists

Dylan Strome

#17 · C

2

Brayden Point

#21 · C

1

2026-27 regular season.

In goal

Capitals

Logan Thompson#48

1-0-0 · 2.00 GAA · .939 SV%

Charlie Lindgren#79

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Lightning

Andrei Vasilevskiy#88

0-1-0 · 4.30 GAA · .833 SV%

Dennis Hildeby#35

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2026-27 regular season. The starter is confirmed at puck drop.