Washington Capitals at Dallas StarsDec 15, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 15, 2026

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

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home

Dallas StarsDAL

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

2 days rest · 1,066 km travel · +1 h

DALhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

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

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson93%
Charlie Lindgren7%
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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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Oettinger89%
Casey DeSmith11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–5 at MIN · Apr 30

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:13
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:18
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:06
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:07
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:51
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:44
PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23

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Game day: all games on Dec 15.

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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.