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VGK @ WSH

Friday, February 27, 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.

Vegas Golden Knights
39-26-17 · Away
2 – 3
FINAL
Washington Capitals
43-30-9 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
VGK -105 · WSH -115
Puck Line
VGK +1.5 (-300) · WSH -1.5 (+200)
Total
O 5.5 (-130) · U (+105)

Graded: total 5 → OVER L · WSH -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 VGKo5.5 62%
36-22
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
55%
16-13
100%
2-0
59%
34-24
WSHo5.5 58%
35-25
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
52%
16-15
100%
2-0
53%
31-28
Puck Line
cover %
 VGK+1.5 85%
49-9
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
86%
25-4
0%
0-2
-15.81u
21-37
WSH-1.5 37%
22-38
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
42%
13-18
100%
2-0
+7.98u
32-27
Moneyline
win %
 VGK dog -105 48%
28-30
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
48%
14-15
0%
0-2
-1.39u
4-6
WSH fav -115 50%
30-30
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
58%
18-13
100%
2-0
-1.53u
22-17
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-120/u-110 FD 1.5 o-116/u-110 VGK 62%
36-22
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
62%
18-11
100%
2-0
62%
36-22
 1.98 0.91 / 1.07
WSH 45%
27-33
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
36%
11-20
100%
2-0
45%
27-33
 1.62 0.82 / 0.80
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-154/u+120 VGK 55%
32-26
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
48%
14-15
100%
2-0
52%
30-28
 2.00 0.98 / 1.02
WSH 62%
37-23
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
65%
20-11
100%
2-0
62%
37-23
 2.03 1.07 / 0.97
3rd Period
over 2.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 2.5 o+146/u-190 VGK 38%
22-36
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
38%
11-18
0%
0-2
52%
30-28
 2.21 1.38 / 0.83
WSH 38%
23-37
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
32%
10-21
0%
0-2
57%
34-26
 2.32 1.23 / 1.08
Team Comparison '25-26
VGKWSH
Record (W-L-OTL)39-26-1743-30-9
Points %57.9%57.9%
Goals for / game3.233.21
Goals against / game3.052.98
Shots for / game29.028.0
Shots against / game24.428.1
Power play %24.6%17.8%
Penalty kill %81.4%80.1%
Faceoff %50.8%49.3%
1st period GF / GA0.76 / 0.980.83 / 0.76
2nd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.121.06 / 1.02
3rd period GF / GA1.32 / 0.741.24 / 1.09
Avg game total6.286.18
Starting Goalies from the box score
VGK · Akira Schmid
27 saves on 30 shots · 3 GA · L
24 saves on 26 shots · 2 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
VGK0020261/3
WSH0300300/5
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
VGKPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Pavel Dorofeyev G 0.5
o+175
 38% 60% 0%0/2 0 U
Ivan Barbashev G 0.5
o+275
 28% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Jack Eichel G 0.5
o+160
 34% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Mitch Marner G 0.5
o+230
 25% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Brayden McNabb G 0.5
o+1300
 5% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Reilly Smith G 0.5
o+475
 17% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Mark Stone G 0.5
o+195
 44% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Brandon Saad G 0.5
o+525
 8% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Tomas Hertl G 0.5
o+240
 35% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Keegan Kolesar G 0.5
o+650
 9% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Colton Sissons G 0.5
o+650
 10% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Rasmus Andersson G 0.5
o+650
 19% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Alexander Holtz G 0.5
o+550
 11% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Braeden Bowman G 0.5
o+525
 17% 10% — 1 O
Shea Theodore G 0.5
o+600
 15% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Noah Hanifin G 0.5
o+850
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Jeremy Lauzon G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Kaedan Korczak G 0.5
o+1500
 5% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Mark Stone PTS 0.5
o-230 / u+170
 85% 70% 100%1/1 0 U
Tomas Hertl PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-110
 60% 70% 100%2/2 1 O
Ivan Barbashev PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 53% 70% 50%1/2 0 U
Pavel Dorofeyev PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 57% 70% 0%0/2 1 O
Mitch Marner PTS 0.5
o-185 / u+135
 63% 60% 67%2/3 1 O
Rasmus Andersson PTS 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 44% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Jack Eichel PTS 1.5
o+175 / u-240
 44% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Shea Theodore PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 50% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Noah Hanifin PTS 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 34% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Mark Stone A 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 61% 70% 100%1/1 0 U
Jack Eichel A 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 64% 70% 50%1/2 0 U
Tomas Hertl A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 40% 50% 100%2/2 0 U
Rasmus Andersson A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 30% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Mitch Marner A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 53% 30% 67%2/3 1 O
Shea Theodore A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 37% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Ivan Barbashev A 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 35% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Pavel Dorofeyev A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 24% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Noah Hanifin A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 30% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Rasmus Andersson SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 63% 70% 50%1/2 4 O
Ivan Barbashev SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 47% 60% 50%1/2 2 O
Mark Stone SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 68% 50% 100%1/1 1 U
Jack Eichel SOG 3.5
o+105 / u-140
 48% 50% 50%1/2 1 U
Pavel Dorofeyev SOG 2.5
o-130 / u-105
 53% 50% 50%1/2 1 U
Noah Hanifin SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-140
 62% 40% 50%1/2 3 O
Mitch Marner SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 39% 30% 0%0/3 1 U
Tomas Hertl SOG 2.5
o+130 / u-175
 38% 20% 50%1/2 3 O
Shea Theodore SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-135
 59% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Akira Schmid SV 22.5
o-125 / u-105
 36% 30% — 27 O
WSHPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Dylan Strome G 0.5
o+225
 24% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Aliaksei Protas G 0.5
o+260
 33% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier G 0.5
o+300
 18% 30% — 0 U
Justin Sourdif G 0.5
o+350
 16% 30% — 0 U
Alex Ovechkin G 0.5
o+180
 30% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Nic Dowd G 0.5
o+650
 8% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Jakob Chychrun G 0.5
o+300
 29% 20% 100%2/2 1 O
Connor McMichael G 0.5
o+300
 14% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Tom Wilson G 0.5
o+210
 36% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Trevor van Riemsdyk G 0.5
o+1500
 4% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Pierre-Luc Dubois G 0.5
o+275
 13% 10% 0%0/2 2 O
Martin Fehérváry G 0.5
o+1100
 7% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Rasmus Sandin G 0.5
o+900
 6% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Declan Chisholm G 0.5
o+1400
 5% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Matt Roy G 0.5
o+1100
 2% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Brandon Duhaime G 0.5
o+650
 7% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Ethen Frank G 0.5
o+425
 16% 0% — 0 U
Ryan Leonard G 0.5
o+350
 15% 0% — 0 U
Alex Ovechkin PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 57% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Tom Wilson PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 66% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Dylan Strome PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 53% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Jakob Chychrun PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 59% 60% 100%2/2 1 O
Aliaksei Protas PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 54% 60% 100%2/2 2 O
Justin Sourdif PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 29% 50% — 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-210
 30% 30% — 0 U
Pierre-Luc Dubois PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 13% 30% 0%0/2 3 O
Rasmus Sandin PTS 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 26% 30% 50%1/2 2 O
Connor McMichael PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 34% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Ethen Frank PTS 0.5
o+170 / u-240
 35% 30% — 0 U
Ryan Leonard PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 43% 10% — 0 U
Jakob Chychrun A 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 35% 60% 0%0/2 0 U
Tom Wilson A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 46% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Ovechkin A 0.5
o+145 / u-200
 40% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Dylan Strome A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 38% 40% 100%2/2 0 U
Justin Sourdif A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 18% 40% — 0 U
Pierre-Luc Dubois A 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 13% 30% 0%0/2 1 O
Aliaksei Protas A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 30% 30% 50%1/2 2 O
Ethen Frank A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 22% 30% — 0 U
Rasmus Sandin A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 23% 20% 50%1/2 2 O
Connor McMichael A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 30% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier A 0.5
o+325 / u-475
 13% 10% — 0 U
Ryan Leonard A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 32% 10% — 0 U
Anthony Beauvillier SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+135
 68% 80% — 1 U
Ryan Leonard SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 64% 80% — 2 O
Aliaksei Protas SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 65% 70% 0%0/2 2 O
Justin Sourdif SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 43% 70% — 1 U
Alex Ovechkin SOG 2.5
o-135 / u+100
 57% 60% 100%2/2 3 O
Dylan Strome SOG 1.5
o-140 / u+105
 55% 60% 0%0/2 2 O
Pierre-Luc Dubois SOG 1.5
o+100 / u-135
 50% 50% 0%0/2 6 O
Tom Wilson SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 62% 40% 0%0/2 1 U
Jakob Chychrun SOG 2.5
o-150 / u+110
 60% 20% 0%0/2 6 O
Logan Thompson SV 25.5
o-105 / u-125
 45% 40% 50%1/2 24 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 17, 2024 at VGK WSH 5–2 2–12–11–0 7 6.5 O WSH
Oct 15, 2024 at WSH WSH 4–2 1–13–10–0 6 6 P WSH
Dec 2, 2023 at VGK WSH 1–4 0–10–11–2 5 — VGK
Nov 14, 2023 at WSH WSH 3–0 1–00–02–0 3 — WSH
Jan 21, 2023 at VGK WSH 2–6 0–21–31–1 8 — VGK
Nov 1, 2022 at WSH WSH 2–3 OT 1–11–00–1 5 — VGK
Apr 20, 2022 at VGK WSH 3–4 OT 1–11–01–2 7 — VGK
Jan 24, 2022 at WSH WSH 0–1 0–00–10–0 1 — VGK
Feb 17, 2020 at VGK WSH 2–3 0–20–12–0 5 — VGK
Nov 9, 2019 at WSH WSH 5–2 2–11–12–0 7 — WSH