Lightning vs Capitals 8/3/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The round robin game here will feature a couple of teams that have been able to rank among the top of the NHL for the past few years. Now, what is going to be interesting is this game as the teams are coming back to face each other, but both of these teams are very familiar with each other as well in how they have played.

John Carlson will come in leading the offense for the Capitals. Carlson has a total of 75 points with 60 assist, but Alex Ovechkin has managed to get 48 goals for Washington. The Tampa Bay team has relied on Nikita Kucherov who has ended up with 85 points, 33 goals and 52 assist for the Lightning this year.

Braden Holtby looks to mind the net for the Capitals in the game here. Holtby posted a 25-14-6 record in the regular season. Holtby allowed 3.11 goals a game and saved 89.7% of the shots.

For the Lightning they are most likely to start Andrei Vasilevskiy. During the regular season Vasilevskiy posted a 35-14-3 record. What else was impressive was the fact that he allowed only 2.56 goals a game while saving 91.7% of the shots.