Final (OT) · All games
BOS 2 – 3 WSH
Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- WSH 63%
- Expected score
- 2.7 – 3.4
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Capital One Arena
Pre-game price
What the model says
Lineups not yet published: each club's usual lineup assumed. Starting goalie not confirmed: goaltending held at league average.
Source: CapOrCup game model (derived from club ratings, rest and starters)
Starters · depth chart 2026-09-28
In goal
The league names no starter before puck drop. First on each club's depth chart, from the licensed feed, is the expected starter.
Jeremy Swayman
Logan Thompson
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-09-28
Expected lines
What each club intends per the feed's depth chart, with each forward's shooter rating (Elo, against the goalies faced last season). A listing is the club's statement, not a game sheet.
Boston Bruins
L1 JJ Peterka (top tenth of the league) · Elias Lindholm (below the league middle) · David Pastrnak (above the league middle)
L2 Casey Mittelstadt (above the league middle) · Pavel Zacha (top tenth of the league) · Morgan Geekie (top tenth of the league)
L3 James Hagens · Fraser Minten (above the league middle) · Marat Khusnutdinov (above the league middle)
D1 Hampus Lindholm (below the league middle) · William Borgen (above the league middle)
D2 Nikita Zadorov (below the league middle) · Connor Clifton
PP1 JJ Peterka (top tenth of the league) · Morgan Geekie (top tenth of the league) · Pavel Zacha (top tenth of the league) · David Pastrnak (above the league middle) · Hampus Lindholm (below the league middle)
Washington Capitals
L1 Alex Tuch (top tenth of the league) · Pierre-Luc Dubois (below the league middle) · Tom Wilson (above the league middle)
L2 Alex Ovechkin (below the league middle) · Dylan Strome (above the league middle) · Ryan Leonard (above the league middle)
L3 Aliaksei Protas (below the league middle) · Ilya Protas · Jordan Kyrou (below the league middle)
D1 Jakob Chychrun (top tenth of the league) · Matt Roy (below the league middle)
D2 Martin Fehervary (above the league middle) · Timothy Liljegren (below the league middle)
PP1 Tom Wilson (above the league middle) · Dylan Strome (above the league middle) · Pierre-Luc Dubois (below the league middle) · Alex Ovechkin (below the league middle) · Jakob Chychrun (top tenth of the league)
Injury listings · as of 2026-09-29
Who the clubs list as out
Club-announced listings relayed by the licensed feed. No cause is inferred; Day To Day players are shown but not counted as out.
Boston Bruins
Nobody listed.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin (D): Out For Season (knee), listed since 2026-04-20, expected back 2026-12-21
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
WSH · P1 18:04 · D. Strome (T. Wilson, P. Dubois) · PP · clip
WSH · P2 01:39 · T. Wilson (P. Dubois, D. Strome) · PP · clip
BOS · P3 03:40 · M. Geekie (P. Zacha, C. Clifton) · clip
BOS · P3 05:56 · D. Pastrnak (J. Peterka, P. Zacha) · PP · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger