NJD @ WSH Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-17 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-17 04:00:09

NJD @ WSH

Venue: Capital One Arena

Puck drop: Sat Oct 17, 2026 1:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

NJD (last 10)
  • Record 6-4-0
  • Streak W2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 3.3
  • Power play 6/30 (20%)
  • Last game W vs NYR (7–1)
WSH (last 10)
  • Record 7-3-0
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.5 · 2.6
  • Power play 5/25 (20%)
  • Last game W vs MTL (5–4)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-04-02 WSH 3 @ NJD 7
  • 2026-03-20 NJD 1 @ WSH 2
  • 2025-12-27 WSH 4 @ NJD 3 OT/SO
  • 2025-11-15 NJD 3 @ WSH 2 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

NJD
  • Jack Hughes 8 pts · 1 G · 20 SOG
  • Jesper Bratt 6 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
  • Nico Hischier 5 pts · 4 G · 9 SOG
  • Evan Rodrigues 4 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
WSH
  • Ryan Leonard 5 pts · 1 G · 12 SOG
  • Alex Tuch 4 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
  • Tom Wilson 4 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Jordan Kyrou 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: NJD 2.93 · WSH 3.58 · Win odds: NJD 37.5% · WSH 62.6% · OT/SO chance: 14.9%

  • 2-3 34.8%
  • 2-4 34.2%
  • 3-3 31.1%

Box Score

NJD 0 1st – 18:23 WSH 0

2026-10-17

Stat NJD WSH
Goals00
Shots00
Power Play 0/0 0/0
PIM00
Faceoffs0 / 00 / 0
Blocks00
Saves00
NJD Scorers
GAPTS
No scorers.
WSH Scorers
GAPTS
No scorers.

Lineups

As of 2026-10-17 12:30PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

NJD Away

Forwards

Line 1
Arseny Gritsyuk
#81 · LW
Jack Hughes
#86 · C
Jesper Bratt
#63 · RW
Line 2
Timo Meier
#28 · LW
Nico Hischier
#13 · C
Dawson Mercer
#91 · RW
Line 3
Anthony Mantha
#39 · LW
Evan Rodrigues
#17 · C
Stefan Noesen
#11 · RW
Line 4
Amadeus Lombardi
#93 · LW
Cody Glass
#12 · C
Jesper Boqvist
#70 · RW

Defense

Pair 1
Luke Hughes
#43 · LD
Brett Pesce
#22 · RD
Pair 2
Jonas Siegenthaler
#71 · LD
Dougie Hamilton
#7 · RD
Pair 3
Declan Chisholm
#47 · LD
Johnathan Kovacevic
#8 · RD

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jake Allen [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 35]
G2 Nico Daws

WSH Home

Forwards

Line 1
Alex Tuch
#89 · LW
Dylan Strome
#17 · C
Jordan Kyrou
#25 · RW
Line 2
Aliaksei Protas
#21 · LW
Boone Jenner
#22 · C
Tom Wilson
#43 · RW
Line 3
Alex Ovechkin
#8 · LW
Ilya Protas
#62 · C
Ivan Miroshnichenko
#63 · RW
Line 4
Ethen Frank
#53 · LW
Anthony Beauvillier
#72 · C
Ryan Leonard
#9 · RW

Defense

Pair 1
Jakob Chychrun
#6 · LD
Timothy Liljegren
#27 · RD
Pair 2
Martin Fehervary
#42 · LD
Vincent Desharnais
#73 · RD
Pair 3
Cole Hutson
#44 · LD
Justin Holl
RD

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Logan Thompson [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 60]
G2 Charlie Lindgren

Injuries

As of 2026-10-17 11:00AM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

NJD

Player Pos # Description Status
Seamus Casey NA 24 IR IR
Nick Bjugstad NA 72 IR IR
Connor Brown NA 16 IR IR
Luke Evangelista NA 77 DTD DTD

WSH

Player Pos # Description Status
Rasmus Sandin NA 38 OUT OUT
Matt Roy NA 3 DTD DTD
Pierre-Luc Dubois NA 80 DTD DTD
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