Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden KnightsJan 2, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 2, 2027

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

COLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 592 km travel · -1 h

VGKhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: COL (1 day rest) at VGK (1 day rest).

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Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Mackenzie Blackwood62%
Scott Wedgewood38%
Schedule: Rested
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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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart68%
Adin Hill21%
Carl Lindbom11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–4 vs ANA · Oct 2

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
6:34
L2Karlsson – Marner – Howden
5:19
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
4:54
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
4:24
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:59
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
14:19
D3Andersson – Wotherspoon
14:13
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:34

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Game day: all games on Jan 2.

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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.