Washington Capitals at New York IslandersDec 30, 2026

Time TBDWednesday, Dec 30, 2026

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

at

home

New York IslandersNYI

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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 · 346 km travel

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

NYIhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: WSH (1 day rest) at NYI (2 days rest).

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson78%
Charlie Lindgren22%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
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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New York Islanders

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin99%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–2 at TOR · Sep 30

L1Palmieri – Horvat – Holmstrom
7:16
L2Pageau – Heineman – Eklund
4:50
L3Schenn – Maccelli – Ritchie
4:40
L4Cizikas – Palat – Duclair
4:40
D1Pelech – Schaefer
9:56
D2Pulock – Romanov
9:41
D3DeAngelo – Stanley
5:26
PP1Palmieri – Schenn – Horvat – Maccelli – Schaefer
5:08

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Game day: all games on Dec 30.

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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.