Washington 1, at Tampa Bay 3

TAMPA (Interstat) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves, Charle-Edouard D’Astous and Conor Geekie scored in the first period and Jake Guentzel added a late empty-net goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning won their home opener with a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night at Benchmark International Arena. The announced attendance was 19,092. Tampa Bay improved to 1-1-0, and Washington fell to 1-1-0. The Lightning controlled much of the opening period and needed little time to produce the game’s first goal. Zemgus Girgensons won the opening faceoff against Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Tampa Bay quickly settled into the offensive… Read more...