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CHI @ WSH

Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 6:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Chicago Blackhawks
29-39-14 · Away
3 – 2
FINAL / SO
Washington Capitals
43-30-9 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
CHI +200 · WSH -275
Puck Line
CHI +1.5 (-115) · WSH -1.5 (-105)
Total
O 5.5 (-120) · U (+100)

Graded: total 5 → OVER L · WSH -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 CHIo5.5 48%
19-21
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
55%
11-9
50%
1-1
45%
18-22
WSHo5.5 59%
24-17
100%
5-0
70%
7-3
57%
12-9
50%
1-1
54%
22-19
Puck Line
cover %
 CHI+1.5 73%
29-11
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
65%
13-7
50%
1-1
+3.49u
27-13
WSH-1.5 39%
16-25
20%
1-4
20%
2-8
43%
9-12
50%
1-1
+8.20u
24-17
Moneyline
win %
 CHI dog +200 38%
15-25
40%
2-3
20%
2-8
35%
7-13
50%
1-1
-1.65u
15-24
WSH fav -275 51%
21-20
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
57%
12-9
50%
1-1
+1.17u
16-10
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-125/u-105 FD 1.5 o-126/u-102 CHI 48%
19-21
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
55%
11-9
100%
2-0
48%
19-21
 1.48 0.68 / 0.80
WSH 44%
18-23
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
33%
7-14
100%
2-0
44%
18-23
 1.66 0.85 / 0.80
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-166/u+130 FD 1.5 o-158/u+124 CHI 68%
27-13
100%
5-0
60%
6-4
65%
13-7
50%
1-1
65%
26-14
 2.08 0.93 / 1.15
WSH 61%
25-16
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
67%
14-7
50%
1-1
61%
25-16
 1.98 1.12 / 0.85
3rd Period
over 1.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 1.5 o-180/u+140 CHI 65%
26-14
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
75%
15-5
100%
2-0
58%
23-17
 2.28 1.15 / 1.13
WSH 78%
32-9
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
91%
19-2
100%
2-0
63%
26-15
 2.32 1.22 / 1.10
Team Comparison '25-26
CHIWSH
Record (W-L-OTL)29-39-1443-30-9
Points %43.9%57.9%
Goals for / game2.603.21
Goals against / game3.352.98
Shots for / game24.628.0
Shots against / game30.028.1
Power play %16.9%17.8%
Penalty kill %83.6%80.1%
Faceoff %45.9%49.3%
1st period GF / GA0.74 / 0.880.83 / 0.76
2nd period GF / GA0.85 / 1.121.06 / 1.02
3rd period GF / GA0.91 / 1.181.24 / 1.09
Avg game total5.956.18
Starting Goalies from the box score
32 saves on 34 shots · 2 GA · W
31 saves on 33 shots · 2 GA · OTL
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
CHI1100331/2
WSH1010340/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
CHIPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Wyatt Kaiser G 0.5
o+1300
 10% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Teuvo Teravainen G 0.5
o+400
 21% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Andre Burakovsky G 0.5
o+375
 26% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Jason Dickinson G 0.5
o+575
 15% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Tyler Bertuzzi G 0.5
o+240
 38% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Ilya Mikheyev G 0.5
o+400
 14% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Nick Foligno G 0.5
o+575
 6% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Ryan Donato G 0.5
o+325
 20% 10% 50%1/2 1 O
Landon Slaggert G 0.5
o+800
 7% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Artyom Levshunov G 0.5
o+850
 5% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Connor Murphy G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Matt Grzelcyk G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Alex Vlasic G 0.5
o+1200
 5% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Louis Crevier G 0.5
o+1100
 8% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Colton Dach G 0.5
o+650
 8% 0% — 0 U
Ryan Greene G 0.5
o+425
 10% 0% — 0 U
Oliver Moore G 0.5
o+525
 11% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Nick Lardis G 0.5
o+425
 22% — — 0 U
Artyom Levshunov PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 47% 50% 0%0/1 0 U
Andre Burakovsky PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 51% 40% 50%1/2 1 O
Tyler Bertuzzi PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 54% 30% 50%1/2 1 O
Ryan Donato PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 33% 30% 50%1/2 1 O
Ryan Greene PTS 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 33% 30% — 0 U
Teuvo Teravainen PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 36% 20% 50%1/2 1 O
Artyom Levshunov A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 42% 40% 0%0/1 0 U
Andre Burakovsky A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 40% 30% 50%1/2 1 O
Ryan Greene A 0.5
o+260 / u-400
 23% 30% — 0 U
Ryan Donato A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 15% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Tyler Bertuzzi A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 27% 10% 0%0/2 1 O
Teuvo Teravainen A 0.5
o+220 / u-325
 23% 0% 50%1/2 0 U
Ilya Mikheyev SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 58% 60% 50%1/2 2 O
Tyler Bertuzzi SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 62% 50% 100%2/2 3 O
Ryan Greene SOG 1.5
o+120 / u-160
 33% 50% — 4 O
Ryan Donato SOG 1.5
o-140 / u+105
 50% 40% 0%0/2 1 U
Artyom Levshunov SOG 1.5
o+135 / u-180
 29% 30% 0%0/1 2 O
Andre Burakovsky SOG 1.5
o+140 / u-190
 34% 20% 0%0/2 4 O
Nick Lardis SOG 1.5
o+110 / u-145
 44% — — 3 O
Spencer Knight SV 25.5
o-110 / u-125
 46% 30% 50%1/2 32 O
WSHPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tom Wilson G 0.5
o+130
 43% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Dylan Strome G 0.5
o+200
 21% 30% 50%1/2 1 O
Jakob Chychrun G 0.5
o+260
 32% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
John Carlson G 0.5
o+550
 22% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier G 0.5
o+300
 17% 20% — 0 U
Alex Ovechkin G 0.5
o+130
 29% 10% 100%1/1 0 U
Sonny Milano G 0.5
o+450
 13% 10% — 0 U
Martin Fehérváry G 0.5
o+1000
 7% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Justin Sourdif G 0.5
o+350
 10% 10% — 0 U
Ethen Frank G 0.5
o+425
 13% 10% — 0 U
Ryan Leonard G 0.5
o+260
 15% 10% 100%1/1 1 O
Nic Dowd G 0.5
o+575
 6% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Trevor van Riemsdyk G 0.5
o+1500
 3% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Matt Roy G 0.5
o+900
 2% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Brandon Duhaime G 0.5
o+700
 10% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Rasmus Sandin G 0.5
o+900
 6% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Connor McMichael G 0.5
o+300
 12% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Hendrix Lapierre G 0.5
o+750
 0% 0% — 0 U
Ryan Leonard PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 50% 70% 100%1/1 1 O
Dylan Strome PTS 0.5
o-180 / u+135
 51% 60% 50%1/2 1 O
Tom Wilson PTS 0.5
o-240 / u+170
 68% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Jakob Chychrun PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 59% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
John Carlson PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 54% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Ovechkin PTS 0.5
o-220 / u+160
 54% 30% 100%1/1 0 U
Connor McMichael PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 34% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 29% 20% — 1 O
Ryan Leonard A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 38% 70% 0%0/1 0 U
Tom Wilson A 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 45% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Dylan Strome A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 39% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Ovechkin A 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 42% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
John Carlson A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 43% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Connor McMichael A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 32% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Jakob Chychrun A 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 29% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier A 0.5
o+275 / u-425
 12% 0% — 1 O
Dylan Strome SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 49% 80% 0%0/2 2 O
Anthony Beauvillier SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 66% 80% — 3 O
Jakob Chychrun SOG 2.5
o-180 / u+135
 71% 80% 0%0/2 2 U
Tom Wilson SOG 2.5
o-135 / u+105
 40% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Ryan Leonard SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 62% 60% 100%1/1 3 O
Alex Ovechkin SOG 3.5
o+130 / u-175
 22% 40% 0%0/1 2 U
John Carlson SOG 1.5
o-140 / u+105
 54% 40% 100%2/2 5 O
Connor McMichael SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 61% 40% 100%2/2 3 O
Logan Thompson SV 20.5
o-130 / u-105
 66% 90% 0%0/1 31 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Apr 4, 2025 at WSH WSH 5–3 1–11–23–0 8 6.5 O WSH
Dec 17, 2024 at CHI WSH 2–3 2–00–00–3 5 5.5 U CHI
Mar 9, 2024 at WSH WSH 4–1 3–01–00–1 5 — WSH
Dec 10, 2023 at CHI WSH 4–2 0–03–11–1 6 — WSH
Mar 23, 2023 at WSH WSH 6–1 2–02–02–1 7 — WSH
Dec 13, 2022 at CHI WSH 7–3 2–12–13–1 10 — WSH
Dec 15, 2021 at CHI WSH 4–5 OT 0–02–32–1 9 — CHI
Dec 2, 2021 at WSH WSH 3–4 SO 0–12–11–1 7 — CHI
Oct 20, 2019 at CHI WSH 5–3 1–01–13–2 8 — WSH
Jan 20, 2019 at CHI WSH 5–8 1–31–13–4 13 — CHI