Colorado Avalanche at Calgary FlamesOct 8, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Oct 8, 2026

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: CGY +11.1 pts

COLaway−12.8 pts

Back-to-back · 1,201 km travel · -1 h

B2B vs rested CGY −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,201 km −3.5 pts

CGYhome+9.3 pts

3 days rest · 711 km travel · +1 h

COL on a B2B +9.3 pts

CGY has the schedule edge (+11.1 pts net win probability): col on a b2b, b2b vs rested cgy, b2b after 1,201 km.

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Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
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

Projected COL lines →·COL goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Calgary Flames

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–6 vs SEA · Oct 1

L1Strome – Sharangovich – Zary
10:54
L2Backlund – Farabee – Honzek
10:03
L3Frost – Coronato – Gridin
9:31
L4Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov
9:06
D1Bahl – Nemec
14:18
D2Middleton – Parekh
12:44
D3Whitecloud – Kuznetsov
11:40
PP1Frost – Farabee – Coronato – Parekh – Gridin
1:08

Projected CGY lines →·CGY goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Oct 8.

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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.