Chicago Blackhawks at New York IslandersOct 8, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Oct 8, 2026

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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New York IslandersNYI

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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 · 1,171 km travel · +1 h

NYIhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 23 km travel

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

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight64%
Arvid Soderblom36%
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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New York Islanders

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin92%
Semyon Varlamov8%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–2 at TOR · Sep 30

L1Palmieri – Horvat – Holmstrom
7:16
L2Pageau – Heineman – Eklund
4:50
L3Schenn – Maccelli – Ritchie
4:40
L4Cizikas – Palat – Duclair
4:40
D1Pelech – Schaefer
9:56
D2Pulock – Romanov
9:41
D3DeAngelo – Stanley
5:26
PP1Palmieri – Schenn – Horvat – Maccelli – Schaefer
5:08

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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.