Wild
at
Capitals
Sun 1 Nov · 3:30 PM ET · ESPN+ · Capital One Arena, Washington
Atlas: Capitals 48%, Wild 52% to win, overtime and the shootout included.

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Projected score Capitals 3.1, Wild 3.3 · the likeliest final Capitals 3, Wild 2 (6%).

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Why

what the model is reading

Projection built Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETMarket updated Oct 29, 2026 4:14 AM ETData status

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Atlas's numbers the whole score grid
OutcomeAtlas
Capitals in regulation37.3%
Level after sixty minutes21.6%
Wild in regulation41.0%
Capitals by two or more28.6%
Wild by two or more32.5%
Goals in the gameAtlas
More than 4.579.9%
More than 5.558.2%
More than 6.547.6%
More than 7.527.5%

Expected goals: Capitals 3.10, Wild 3.25, overtime's goal included. The likeliest finals: Capitals 3–2 (6%), Capitals 2–3 (6%), Capitals 4–3 (5%).

Goalies the expected starters
TeamGoalieChance he startsGoals saved a game
WildJesper Wallstedt81%+0.18
WildCalvin Pickard17%-0.14
WildFilip Gustavsson2%-0.04
CapitalsLogan Thompson72%+0.29
CapitalsCharlie Lindgren26%-0.08
CapitalsClay Stevenson2%+0.00

Atlas prices the expected starter: each goalie by his share of recent starts, marked down after a start the night before. Goals saved are above expected, a game at the league's shot volume, shrunk hard: a season of starts is still mostly noise.

What the model reads each team, against the league
Per 60 minutes, against the leagueWildCapitals
5-on-5 offence+0.03+0.04
5-on-5 defence+0.21-0.06
Power play+0.99-0.02
Penalty kill-0.42-0.41
Finishing+0.03-0.01

Expected goals for and against at 5-on-5 and on special teams, and goals scored over expected, each carried across seasons and updated after every game.

Reliability the model's own record
Points of win probability from the marketGamesAtlas claimedDelivered
0-12,27650.5%48.7%
1-22,13251.1%51.0%
2-43,46652.4%51.8%
4-62,12154.2%52.6%
6-81,10355.0%50.2%
8-1044356.5%51.2%
10+31858.1%48.4%
All cards11,85952.7%50.9%

The NHL model walked forward over every season since 2013-14 it never saw, against the closing moneyline: how often the side Atlas rated above the market won.

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