St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay LightningDec 22, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 22, 2026

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: TBL +11.5 pts

STLaway−11.5 pts

Back-to-back · 289 km travel

B2B vs rested TBL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (53%) −2.2 pts

TBLhome+11.5 pts

1 day rest · 1,602 km travel

STL on a B2B +9.3 pts
STL backup likely (53%) +2.2 pts

TBL has the schedule edge (+11.5 pts net win probability): stl on a b2b, stl backup likely (53%), b2b vs rested tbl, backup likely (53%).

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St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jordan Binnington53%
Joel Hofer47%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 5–3 at UTA · Apr 16

L1Walker – Toropchenko – Finley
12:59
L2Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
12:10
L3Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
11:26
L4Buchnevich – Kyrou – Suter
10:50
D1Broberg – Mailloux
17:24
D2Holl – Tucker
16:21
D3Fowler – Parayko
15:39
PP1Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Neighbours – Snuggerud
1:05

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy91%
Dennis Hildeby9%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–5 at NYR · Oct 1

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:05
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:58
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:04
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:59
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:26
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:01
D3Carlson – Moser
9:29
PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18

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Game day: all games on Dec 22.

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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.