Washington Capitals
2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 22nd in the NHL · 4th in the Metropolitan · L10 1-1-0 · L1
2025-26: 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 12th in the NHL · 4th in the Metropolitan
vs Pittsburgh · 7:30 PM ETFair win chance: WSH 59.2%Expected in goal: Logan Thompson 76%Game preview →Washington are 1-1-0 after 2 games of 2026-27, 4th in the Metropolitan. Last season they finished 12th in the league with 95 points.
4th in the Metropolitan after 2 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 22nd in the league · 1-1-0 · 2 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 6 goals for and 5 against in 2 games. Last season: 95 points against 97.6. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Five of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Pittsburgh Penguins98 pts · 10th9 Octvs
New York Rangers77 pts · 30th11 Octvs
Seattle Kraken79 pts · 27th13 Oct@
Carolina Hurricanes113 pts · 2nd14 Octvs
Montréal Canadiens106 pts · 6th17 Octvs
New Jersey Devils87 pts · 21stDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 50.8% of the time. 3 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Tampa Bay1–321–30L2 Oct@Carolina5–227–33WScores Jakob Chychrun leads with 3 points in 2 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$125K of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed at Tampa Bay on 3 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 2 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 11th power play and a 9th penalty kill
Small sample after 2 games. Last season: power play 17.8%, penalty kill 80.1%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Washington attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Washington attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (2 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
104 att · 48 on goal · 6 G
By shot type
Charlie Lindgren has started 1 of 2
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Three on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →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).
Placed F Ludwig Persson on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Hershey (AHL).
Signed F Oliver Suvanto to a three-year contract.
Signed D Jacob MacDonald to a one-year contract.
Signed F Alex Ovechkin to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 73% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Washington Capitals, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 97-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 68%; the market sits 4 points higher.
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Polymarket
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Pittsburgh is the most-played rivalry: 326 meetings
Washington against every Metropolitan rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Pittsburgh Penguins326149-143-34.4571974-75New York Rangers314161-134-19.5131974-75
New York Islanders295150-120-25.5081974-75
Philadelphia Flyers284129-133-22.4541974-75New Jersey Devils231129-75-27.5581982-83Carolina Hurricanes15489-50-15.5781997-98
Columbus Blue Jackets6944-16-9.6382000-0120 playoff trips and a Stanley Cup in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 52 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct