The Tampa Bay Lightning may have won their last two matches against the Washington Capitals, but they are happy that they don’t see them on the schedule for the rest of the regular season. On November 8th they beat the Caps, 3-2, but lost Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, and Dominic James. Hedman and McDonagh haven’t played since. Then, on Saturday, the Lightning won, 5-3, but it cost them Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.
As of publication of this post, the status of Point and Kucherov isn’t known. Coach Jon Cooper didn’t have a status update following the game and the Lightning had the day off on Sunday.