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Lightning beat the Capitals 3-1 in home opener

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 shots to anchor the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 home-opening victory against the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Conor Geekie supplied first-period scores for the hosts, while Brandon Hagel contributed a pair of assists.

Jake Guentzel added an empty-net tally and a helper, and John Carlson notched an assist against his former franchise.

Charlie Lindgren turned away 27 attempts for Washington, and Justin Sourdif provided the sole goal for the visitors with a redirection in the middle frame. Jacob Chychurn picked up the secondary helper on that play.

The Capitals lost defenseman Matt Roy to a lower-body injury during the third period, preventing his return.

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