Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay LightningNov 17, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Nov 17, 2026

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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home

Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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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

2 days rest · 1,318 km travel

TBLhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: WSH (2 days rest) at TBL (2 days rest).

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson91%
Charlie Lindgren9%
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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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy95%
Dennis Hildeby5%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–5 at NYR · Oct 1

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:05
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:58
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:04
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:59
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:26
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:01
D3Carlson – Moser
9:29
PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18

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Game day: all games on Nov 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.