The Tampa Bay Lightning pushed their winning streak to eight games with Saturday’s afternoon victory over the Washington Capitals. Tampa Bay defeated Washington 3-1 at Capital One Arena to improve to 35-20-4 this season. A rebound goal for Mitchell Chaffee on the power play gave the visitors a 1-0 lead late in the first period.

The Washington Capitals skated to a 3-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Saturday afternoon matinee where a slow and undisciplined start coupled with emotionless play all game led to the loss.

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The Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning honored the victims of the Flight 5342 crash during their game on Saturday afternoon. Both teams wore a decal honoring those affected by the tragedy, and the Capitals will be hosting "Legacy on Ice" to benefit the victims' families on Sunday.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are the hottest team in the NHL. They've won eight games in a row sandwiched around the 4 Nations Face-Off and last lost on Feb. 1.

Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Tampa Bay Lightning look like they're back in championship form, and so does star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Ru

WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Monday night in a shootout.