Overview
- The Capitals (7-6-1) visit the Lightning (7-5-2) at 7 p.m. ET at Benchmark International Arena.
- Anthony Cirelli will not play due to an upper-body injury, and Nick Paul took the morning skate but is not expected to make his season debut.
- Ethen Frank is projected to return for Washington after four games out with an upper-body issue.
- Tampa Bay is coming off a 2-1 road trip with 12 goals scored, while Washington has just one win in its past six games.
- Jon Cooper recently shuffled pairs and forward units, and projections list Andrei Vasilevskiy in Tampa Bay’s net with Washington carrying Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren.