Washington Capitals at San Jose SharksJan 8, 2027

Time TBDFriday, Jan 8, 2027

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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San Jose SharksSJS

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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 · 491 km travel

SJShome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson81%
Charlie Lindgren19%
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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San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Yaroslav Askarov67%
Alex Nedeljkovic18%
Eric Comrie16%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 4–3 vs FLA · Oct 1

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:34
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:13
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:17
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:43
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:38
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:18
D3Trouba – Allan
12:06
PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:37

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Game day: all games on Jan 8.

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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.