WHO: Lightning at Washington Capitals
WHEN/WHERE: 5 p.m.; Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
TV/RADIO: Fox Sports Sun; 970 AM
INJURIES: Lightning — C Cedric Paquette (ankle), LW Jonathan Drouin (lower body), questionable. Capitals — D Brooks Orpik (lower body), out.
NEED TO KNOW: The Lightning are 3-5-2 in the past 10 meetings against the Capitals. ... Tampa Bay is 5-5-2 on the road this season and has one victory in the past eight games (1-3-4) at Verizon Center. ... The Capitals are 9-3-1 at home. ... G Braden Holtby is 5-2-1 with a 3.24 goals-against average and .899 save percentage in nine career games against Tampa Bay.
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