Capitals lines
The Washington Capitals' lines as deployed against the Devils (W 4-2) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — home to the Kings.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
Leonard also took 1:47 with L1. Beauvillier also took 1:44 with L2.
Jenner also took 2:22 with L2.
What changed since Wed, Oct 14
The top line held: Strome, Tuch and Kyrou together again. Moved: Jenner (L3 → L2), I. Protas (L4 → L3), Miroshnichenko (L4 → L3), Ovechkin (L4 → L3), Beauvillier (L3 → L4) and Leonard (L3 → L4). In the lineup: Brodzinski. Out of it: Sourdif.
In net this season
Logan Thompson has started 6 of the Capitals' 8 games, Charlie Lindgren 2. Logan Thompson started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 6 | 8 | .910 | Sat, Oct 17 |
| Charlie Lindgren | 2 | 8 | .898 | Wed, Oct 14 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Capitals live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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