Washington Capitals at Boston BruinsMay 25, 2021

Time TBDPlayoffsTuesday, May 25, 2021

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Boston BruinsBOS

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

WSHaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 633 km travel

BOShome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 633 km travel

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs BOS · May 23

L1Oshie – Eller – Sheary
7:49
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:25
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Mantha
6:02
L4Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sprong
4:46
D1Schultz – Dillon
12:50
D2Carlson – Orlov
12:24
D3Chara – Jensen
9:11
PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Mantha
4:16

Projected WSH lines →·WSH goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at WSH · May 23

L1Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
9:56
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:25
L3Krejci – Smith – Hall
9:17
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
7:19
D1Reilly – Carlo
14:29
D2Tinordi – Clifton
11:06
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
9:44
PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:48

Projected BOS lines →·BOS goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on May 25.

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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.