Chicago Blackhawks at Montreal CanadiensJan 4, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Jan 4, 2027

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

CHIaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,438 km travel · +1 h

MTLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,233 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: CHI (1 day rest) at MTL (1 day rest).

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight88%
Arvid Soderblom12%
Schedule: Rested
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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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes63%
Samuel Montembeault19%
Jacob Fowler18%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Game day: all games on Jan 4.

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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.