Ottawa Senators at Washington CapitalsJan 2, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 2, 2027

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

OTTaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 717 km travel

WSHhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 528 km travel

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

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Ottawa Senators

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Linus Ullmark50%
Samuel Ersson26%
Jonas Johansson23%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–4 vs CAR · Apr 25

L1Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
7:23
L2Giroux – Amadio – Pinto
5:40
L3Foegele – Batherson – Stützle
4:26
L4Eller – Cousins – Zetterlund
3:33
D1Kleven – Matinpalo
9:23
D2Chabot – Yakemchuk
7:14
D3Gilbert – Spence
4:36
PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto – Stützle – Yakemchuk
7:41

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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 Jan 2.

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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.