Colorado Avalanche at Chicago BlackhawksFeb 28, 2027

Time TBDSunday, Feb 28, 2027

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: CHI +13.7 pts

COLaway−15.4 pts

Back-to-back · 1,475 km travel · +1 h

B2B vs rested CHI −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,475 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (64%) −2.6 pts

CHIhome+12.0 pts

1 day rest

COL on a B2B +9.3 pts
COL backup likely (64%) +2.7 pts

CHI has the schedule edge (+13.7 pts net win probability): col on a b2b, col backup likely (64%), b2b vs rested chi, b2b after 1,475 km, backup likely (64%).

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Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Scott Wedgewood64%
Mackenzie Blackwood36%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 8–4 vs LAK · Sep 30

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:10
L2Kadri – Nelson – Landeskog
8:01
L3Roy – Kelly – Svechkov
2:59
D1Toews – Makar
9:57
D2Burns – Manson
8:02
D3Kulak – Malinski
7:13
PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar – Hughes
4:08

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight86%
Arvid Soderblom14%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: L 0–6 at UTA · Oct 1

L1Greenway – Smith – Greene
10:23
L2Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell
7:42
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov
4:35
L4Donato – Lardis – Moore
4:07
D1Kaiser – Levshunov
11:17
D2Byram – Vlasic
10:31
D3Cole – Rinzel
10:13
PP1Kane – Bertuzzi – Byram – Kantserov – Frondell
3:51

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Game day: all games on Feb 28.

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.