Washington Capitals at Minnesota WildMar 7, 2027

Time TBDSunday, Mar 7, 2027

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

home

Minnesota WildMIN

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: WSH +13.7 pts

WSHaway+12.0 pts

1 day rest · 628 km travel

MIN on a B2B +9.3 pts
MIN backup likely (64%) +2.7 pts

MINhome−15.4 pts

Back-to-back · 1,113 km travel

B2B vs rested WSH −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,113 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (64%) −2.6 pts

WSH has the schedule edge (+13.7 pts net win probability): min on a b2b, min backup likely (64%), b2b vs rested wsh, b2b after 1,113 km, backup likely (64%).

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson84%
Charlie Lindgren16%
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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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt36%
Filip Gustavsson35%
Calvin Pickard28%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Game day: all games on Mar 7.

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.