Washington Capitals at Los Angeles KingsJan 6, 2027

Time TBDWednesday, Jan 6, 2027

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

at

home

Los Angeles KingsLAK

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

WSHaway−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 3,696 km travel · -3 h

3 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

LAKhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson77%
Charlie Lindgren23%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 2–1 at CBJ · Apr 14

L1McMichael – Lapierre – Leonard
9:35
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
9:27
L3Wilson – Protas – Protas
8:20
L4Duhaime – Sourdif – Miroshnichenko
7:41
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
17:10
D2Roy – Hutson
13:57
D3McIlrath – Fehérváry
11:31
PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Sourdif – Hutson – Protas
3:13

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper87%
Anton Forsberg13%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 4–8 at COL · Sep 30

L1Kempe – Panarin – Byfield
11:56
L2Zuccarello – Turcotte – Laferriere
10:27
L3Haula – Laughton – Moore
7:55
L4Armia – Lee – Helenius
6:17
D1Ceci – Anderson
12:13
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
11:38
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:43
PP1Zuccarello – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
4:58

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Game day: all games on Jan 6.

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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.