The Washington Capitals have started the season in an impressive fashion with wins over Ottawa (5-4 SO on the road) and Montreal (6-1 at home). The Caps are 7-0-1 in the last eight meetings overall ad they've won five of the last seven meetings at Amalie Arena. Captain Alex Ovechkin has already scored seven goals on the season and Ovie has 41 tallies in 63 career games against the Lightning.

Tampa Bay has struggled on the defensive end of the rink while splitting a pair of meetings with the Panthers to start the season, winning 5-3 at home but losing 5-4 on the road. Netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy has been forced to work hard, turning away 76 of the 84 shots he has faced, and if the Caps get a similar amount of chances they will take advantage. Note that Vasilevskiy has an 0-3-0 career total against the Washington Capitals with a 4.38 GAA.

My selection is an 8* play on Washington Capitals.