Washington Capitals at Carolina HurricanesMay 17, 2025

Time TBDPlayoffsSaturday, May 17, 2025

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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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 · 376 km travel

CARhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 376 km travel

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs CAR · May 15

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
9:57
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
9:36
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
8:53
L4Mangiapane – McMichael – Leonard
4:56
D1Roy – Chychrun
12:09
D2Carlson – Sandin
9:47
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
5:33
PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
2:52

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

Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at WSH · May 15

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
10:36
L2Hall – Roslovic – Stankoven
10:23
L3Staal – Martinook – Carrier
9:29
L4Robinson – Kotkaniemi – Blake
7:04
D1Burns – Slavin
15:12
D2Orlov – Walker
15:06
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
9:07
PP1Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
3:21

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

Game day: all games on May 17.

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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.