St. Louis Blues at Washington CapitalsDec 19, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Dec 19, 2026

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Washington CapitalsWSH

Preview

Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

STLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 633 km travel

WSHhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: STL (1 day rest) at WSH (1 day rest).

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St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Joel Hofer68%
Jordan Binnington33%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 4–0 at DAL · Oct 2

L1Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
8:52
L2Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
5:24
L3Buchnevich – McMichael – McTavish
5:11
L4Johnston – Toropchenko – Suter
3:43
D1Fowler – Carlo
10:38
D2Parayko – Lindstein
9:54
D3Broberg – Jiricek
9:53
PP1Fowler – Thomas – Holloway – McTavish – Snuggerud
4:27

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson87%
Charlie Lindgren13%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–2 at CAR · Oct 2

L1Jenner – Beauvillier – Sourdif
9:20
L2Kyrou – Protas – Protas
8:28
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Leonard
6:22
L4Wilson – Tuch – Dubois
5:59
D1Roy – Chychrun
10:48
D2Desharnais – Hutson
9:27
D3Liljegren – Fehérváry
7:08
PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Dubois
1:50

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Game day: all games on Dec 19.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.