Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple LeafsDec 21, 2026

Time TBDMonday, Dec 21, 2026

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

home

Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

Preview

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 · 563 km travel

TORhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson74%
Charlie Lindgren26%
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

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Sergei Bobrovsky63%
Anthony Stolarz21%
Elvis Merzlikins16%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 2–1 vs NYI · Sep 30

L1Roslovic – Matthews – Marchenko
9:16
L2Tavares – Nylander – McKenna
9:10
L3Blueger – Duhaime – Groulx
6:35
L4Sissons – Paul – Cowan
5:54
D1Rielly – Raddysh
13:05
D2Tanev – McCabe
12:08
D3Ekman-Larsson – Stecher
8:31
PP1Tavares – Nylander – Raddysh – Matthews – Marchenko
4:26

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Game day: all games on Dec 21.

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.