New York Rangers at Washington CapitalsOct 9, 2026

Time TBDFriday, Oct 9, 2026

away

New York RangersNYR

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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

NYRaway±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 331 km travel

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

WSHhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

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

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New York Rangers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Igor Shesterkin82%
Joonas Korpisalo13%
Dylan Garand5%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–1 vs TBL · Oct 1

L1Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev
8:55
L2Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
8:48
L3Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba
8:08
L4Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar
4:44
D1Pettersson – Durzi
11:07
D2Gavrikov – Fox
10:13
D3Schneider – Smits
9:27
PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Dorofeyev – Lafrenière
1:37

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Washington Capitals

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Logan Thompson78%
Charlie Lindgren22%
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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Game day: all games on Oct 9.

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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.