Washington Capitals at Seattle Kraken: game preview
WashingtonCapitals2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 12that
SeattleKraken2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 34-37-11 · 79 pts · 27thSixteen points apart last season
Washington finished last season 12th in the league on 95 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79.
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, Washington were 8th in the league and Seattle 13th. By 27 Jan 2026 it was 19th and 23rd.
Seattle out-attempted Washington 300 to 283
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Washington Capitals
Seattle Kraken
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: 2 games for Washington, 4 for Seattle. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Washington, 10 for Seattle.
2025-26: 82 games for Washington, 82 for Seattle.
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
Washington
Small sampleSeattle
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 7 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 8 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Charlie Lindgren
See all: Charlie Lindgren →WSH · 0-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Logan Thompson .939 (1 GP)
Full game logJoey Daccord
See all: Joey Daccord →SEA · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Philipp Grubauer .906 (2 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
Washington3.002.503.212.98
Seattle3.752.752.763.21Goals 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
Washington · injuries
Seattle · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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).
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.
Washington · 2026 draft
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