New Jersey Devils at Washington CapitalsOct 17, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 17, 2026

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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home

Washington CapitalsWSH

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NJDaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 318 km travel

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

WSHhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NJD (1 day rest) at WSH (2 days rest).

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New Jersey Devils

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Allen66%
David Rittich23%
Nico Daws12%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 vs PHI · Oct 1

L1Rodrigues – Gritsyuk – Mercer
10:55
L2Mantha – Bratt – Hughes
10:54
L3Meier – Hischier – Evangelista
8:40
L4Noesen – Glass – Lombardi
4:25
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:45
D2Pesce – Hughes
14:06
D3Dillon – Chisholm
12:42
PP1Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Evangelista – Hughes
5:17

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson92%
Charlie Lindgren8%
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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Game day: all games on Oct 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.