Capitals at Lightning 12/14/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Washington Capitals look for their second straight victory on Saturday when visiting the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Capitals improved to 23-5-5 and 51 points with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. T.J. Oshie scored a pair of goals less than four minutes apart and John Carlson scored the Capitals’ go-ahead goal in the win. Washington has won 16 of its last 17 against the Bruins.

Alex Ovechkin leads Washington in goals scored with 21, while John Carlson is the assists leader with 33 and points leader with 45. Braden Holtby is 16-3-4 with goals against of 2.80 and save percentage of .911. Washington is scoring an average of 3.55 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.82 per game.

Tampa Bay looks for its third straight victory on Saturday when hosting Washington. The Lightning improved to 16-11-3 and 35 points following a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Steven Stamkos scored a pair of goals to continue his recent hot streak. The Lightning has won three of its last four and moved to within 11 points of the first place Bruins.

Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay in goals scored with 13, while Nikita Kucherov leads in assists with 23 and in points with 33. Andrei Vasilevskiy is 13-8-1 with goals against of 2.82 and save percentage of .910. Tampa Bay is scoring an average of 3.55 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.16 per game.