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Caps at Bolts Live Game Thread and Recap: Jon Cooper coaches his 900th game

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Welcome to our Live Game Recap of the Caps and the Bolts. Hang out with us tonight as we provide somewhat real-time updates to the game.

Tonight, Jon Cooper will be coaching in his 900th game, so here is some random Lightning coaching trivia involving Coop.

  • The Lightning have played 2,460 regular season games, according to Hockey Reference. Coach Cooper has been behind the bench for 36.5% of them.
  • The Lightning have won 1,138 games, and Coach Cooper is responsible for 47.1% of them.
  • He has the second-most wins of any NHL coach through their first 900 games, trailing only local resident Scotty Bowman who has 548.