Chicago Blackhawks at New York RangersJan 7, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 7, 2027

away

Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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home

New York RangersNYR

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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

2 days rest · 529 km travel

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

NYRhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 768 km travel

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: CHI (2 days rest) at NYR (1 day rest).

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight82%
Arvid Soderblom18%
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 Rangers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Igor Shesterkin67%
Joonas Korpisalo18%
Dylan Garand15%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 2–0 at DET · Oct 2

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
10:29
L2Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev
6:35
L3Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar
5:48
L4Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba
5:43
D1Pettersson – Durzi
13:33
D2Gavrikov – Fox
11:47
D3Schneider – Smits
9:39
PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Dorofeyev – Lafrenière
4:54

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Game day: all games on Jan 7.

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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.