Seattle Kraken at Washington Capitals: game preview
SeattleKraken2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 34-37-11 · 79 pts · 27that
WashingtonCapitals2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 12thSixteen points apart last season
Seattle finished last season 27th in the league on 79 points. Washington finished 12th on 95.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 11
Across 10 completed games, Washington lead the head-to-head 6-3-1.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 21 Oct 2025, Seattle were 13th in the league and Washington 8th. By 27 Jan 2026 it was 23rd and 19th.
Seattle out-attempted Washington 300 to 283
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Seattle Kraken
Washington Capitals
Washington have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 4 games for Seattle, 2 for Washington. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Seattle, 10 for Washington.
2025-26: 82 games for Seattle, 82 for Washington.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Seattle
Small sampleWashington
Small sampleAlex Ovechkin has 4 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Alex Ovechkin vs Seattle · game by game
See all: Alex Ovechkin vs Seattle · game by game →Charlie Lindgren has been the difference
Charlie Lindgren faced 78 shots across 3 appearances against Seattle and conceded 3, a .962 save percentage against a season figure of .931. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 9 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 9 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Joey Daccord
See all: Joey Daccord →SEA · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Oct
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Philipp Grubauer .906 (2 GP)
Full game logCharlie Lindgren
See all: Charlie Lindgren →WSH · 0-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Oct
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Logan Thompson .939 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.1 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Seattle3.752.752.763.21
Washington3.002.503.212.98Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
6 on the injury lists
Seattle · injuries
Washington · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.
Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.
Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.
Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen and D Jonathan McDonald from their professional tryout agreements. Assigned LW Maxim Schäfer to Cape Breton (QMJHL).
Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen from his professional tryout agreement.
Placed D Justin Holl on waivers for the purpose of being loaned to Hershey (AHL).
Seattle · 2026 draft
See all: Seattle · 2026 draft →Washington · 2026 draft
See all: Washington · 2026 draft →Sunday 11 October · the full slate
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