October 14 vs Lightning at Capital One ArenaTime: 7:00TV: Monumental Sports, ESPNRadio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio NetworkWashington Capitals 2-1-0PP% 0(31st) PK% 57.1(31st) Faceoff% 44.9(26th)Tampa Bay Lightning 1-2-0PP% 25(7th) PK% 92.3(6th) Faceoff% 39.7(32nd)Caps anticipated lines:Beauvillier
72 - Strome
17 - Ovechkin(C)
8Protas
21 - McMichael
24 - Wilson(A)
43Milano
15 - Lapierre
29 - Leonard
9Duhaime
22 - Dowd
26 - Sourdif
34Fehérváry
42 - Carlson(A)
74Sandin
38 - Roy
3Chychrun
6 - van Riemsdyk
57Thompson
48Lindgren
79 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Milano, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Protas, Chychrun, Sandin
scratched:
Iorio
2Chisholm
47Dubois
80 - day to day - lower body
IR:
McIlrath
52 - lower body
Bolts anticipated lines:Hagel 38 - Point 21 - Kucherov(A) 86
Guentzel 59 - Cirelli 71 - Goncavles 93
Holmberg 29 - Gourde 37 - Bjorkstrand 22
Chaffee 41 - Geekie 14 - Douglas 42
Hedman(C) 77 - Moser 90
McDonagh(A) 27 - Cernak 81
Lilleberg 78 - Crozier 24
Vasilevskiy 88
Johansson 31 - backup
tonight’s zebras:Francis Charron 6, Michael Markovic 31
Libor Suchanek 60, Dan Kelly 98
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-bolts-in-homestand-openerhttps://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x2473https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/10/49831/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-10-14-25/scoring summary1st period:Guentzel from McDonagh and Cirelli at 7:06
2nd period:Protas(3) from McMichael and Wilson at 17:38
3rd period:Point PPG from Hedman and Kucherov at 1:23
Wilson(2) PPG from Strome and Carlson at 4:56
OT:Chychrun(1) from Wilson and Strome at 1:19
Caps win 3-2