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Wednesday, December 30, 2026 (4:00 PM ET)
UBS Arena | MSGSN
49% Win Probability
51% Win Probability
WSH is expected to score 2.94 goals NYI is expected to score 3.34 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Washington Capitals New York Islanders
Record 8-4-0 7-4-2
L10 Record 7-3-0 6-2-2
Pts% 66.67% 61.54%
Division Rank 3 (Metropolitan) 4 (Metropolitan)
Conference Rank 8 (Eastern) 9 (Eastern)
Projected Points 93.92 90.62
xGF/G 3.24+0.24 ● 3.00
xGA/G 3.22 ● +0.113.12
xGF% 50.10%+1.07 ● 49.03%
L10 xGF 33.28+4.01 ● 29.27
L10 xGA 32.19 ● +0.4831.71
L10 xGF% 50.83%+2.83 ● 48.00%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
NYI Bo Horvat (C) 0.44 7 7 14 13 21:04 5.7 0.3 41 17.1 0.138 3.3 202 114 56.4 0.24 -0.08 0.16
WSH Alex Tuch (R) 0.40 10 2 12 12 18:58 4.8 4.2 33 30.3 0.145 15.8 24 12 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.36 3 9 12 12 17:07 4.4 -1.4 26 11.5 0.168 -5.2 189 97 51.3 0.58 -0.20 0.39
WSH Ryan Leonard (R) 0.35 4 4 8 12 14:16 4.2 -0.2 32 12.5 0.131 -0.6 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Brayden Schenn (C) 0.33 4 5 9 13 16:28 4.3 -0.3 25 16.0 0.173 -1.3 83 47 56.6 0.21 -0.02 0.19
NYI Kyle Palmieri (C) 0.28 3 1 4 13 16:44 3.7 -0.7 26 11.5 0.140 -2.5 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.27 2 3 5 12 18:37 3.3 -2.3 26 7.7 0.126 -4.9 2 0 0.0 0.00 -0.16 -0.16
NYI Victor Eklund (R) 0.23 3 2 5 13 13:47 3.1 -0.1 18 16.7 0.170 -0.3 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Boone Jenner (C) 0.22 5 1 6 12 16:00 2.6 2.4 26 19.2 0.101 9.2 160 87 54.4 0.26 -0.27 0.00
NYI Emil Heineman (L) 0.22 2 4 6 13 15:51 2.8 -0.8 21 9.5 0.134 -3.9 5 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (C) 0.21 1 6 7 7 16:40 1.5 -0.5 11 9.1 0.135 -4.4 104 39 37.5 0.02 -0.15 -0.12
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.20 1 3 4 12 13:32 2.5 -1.5 19 5.3 0.129 -7.6 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Aliaksei Protas (L) 0.19 1 4 5 12 16:19 2.3 -1.3 16 6.3 0.141 -7.8 10 7 70.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Simon Holmstrom (R) 0.18 4 3 7 13 18:12 2.3 0.7 22 18.2 0.105 7.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Anthony Duclair (L) 0.17 3 2 5 13 13:20 2.2 0.8 17 17.6 0.131 4.5 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jordan Kyrou (R) 0.17 4 7 11 12 14:09 2.0 2.0 22 18.2 0.092 8.9 3 1 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Ilya Protas (L) 0.16 1 4 5 12 11:44 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.194 -9.4 91 45 49.5 0.11 -0.15 -0.04
NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (C) 0.15 1 6 7 13 15:38 1.9 -0.9 16 6.3 0.120 -5.7 224 135 60.3 0.09 -0.08 0.01
NYI Matias Maccelli (L)+ 0.14 2 4 6 8 14:27 1.2 0.8 13 15.4 0.089 6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Ondrej Palat (L) 0.13 2 2 4 13 13:42 1.7 0.3 13 15.4 0.133 2.1 8 4 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Justin Sourdif (C) 0.13 1 1 2 10 13:42 1.3 -0.3 9 11.1 0.143 -3.2 61 32 52.5 0.00 -0.08 -0.08
WSH Ivan Miroshnichenko (L) 0.12 1 0 1 3 11:03 0.4 0.6 1 100.0 0.371 62.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Calum Ritchie (C)+ 0.12 1 1 2 8 12:10 1.0 0.0 7 14.3 0.139 0.4 45 19 42.2 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Casey Cizikas (C) 0.12 1 1 2 13 11:55 1.5 -0.5 10 10.0 0.155 -5.5 93 49 52.7 0.12 -0.07 0.04
WSH Ethen Frank (R) 0.11 0 0 0 2 9:43 0.2 -0.2 2 0.0 0.112 -11.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (R) 0.10 1 1 2 12 11:17 1.2 -0.2 12 8.3 0.102 -1.9 10 4 40.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
NYI Mitchell Chaffee (R) 0.09 0 0 0 5 9:14 0.5 -0.5 2 0.0 0.232 -23.2 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Kyle MacLean (C) 0.06 0 0 0 4 9:24 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.257 -25.7 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
NYI Matthew Schaefer (D) 0.28 4 10 14 13 26:58 3.7 0.3 50 8.0 0.073 0.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Cole Hutson (D) 0.20 4 3 7 12 19:04 2.4 1.6 25 16.0 0.095 6.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.19 1 8 9 12 24:16 2.3 -1.3 37 2.7 0.062 -3.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.08 0 1 1 6 20:21 0.5 -0.5 5 0.0 0.100 -10.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Tony DeAngelo (D) 0.06 1 3 4 13 16:50 0.8 0.2 14 7.1 0.058 1.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Logan Stanley (D) 0.06 0 5 5 13 21:02 0.7 -0.7 7 0.0 0.106 -10.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Matthew Kessel (D) 0.06 0 1 1 7 12:31 0.4 -0.4 8 0.0 0.049 -4.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Adam Pelech (D) 0.05 1 2 3 13 20:33 0.6 0.4 17 5.9 0.038 2.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.04 0 3 3 12 21:57 0.5 -0.5 6 0.0 0.083 -8.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Alexander Romanov (D)+ 0.04 0 0 0 3 16:34 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Timothy Liljegren (D) 0.04 1 0 1 12 17:26 0.4 0.6 6 16.7 0.072 9.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Ryan Pulock (D)+ 0.03 0 1 1 13 17:30 0.4 -0.4 8 0.0 0.050 -5.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NYI Scott Mayfield (D) 0.03 0 0 0 4 13:03 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.061 -6.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Jack St. Ivany (D) 0.01 0 4 4 6 14:00 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.036 -3.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Vincent Desharnais (D)+ 0.01 0 3 3 9 19:24 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.033 -3.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
WSH Dylan McIlrath (D) 0.00 0 0 0 4 6:34 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
NYI Semyon Varlamov (G) +4.86% 4.5 2.40 0.891 1 4 1 25.0 0 10 92 82 14.5
WSH Logan Thompson (G) +2.15% 4.9 2.78 0.903 5 8 3 62.5 0 22 227 205 26.9
NYI Ilya Sorokin (G) +2.05% 5.1 2.34 0.915 6 9 3 66.7 1 21 246 225 26.1
WSH Charlie Lindgren (G) -0.19% -0.2 2.98 0.887 3 4 1 75.0 0 12 106 94 11.8