Boston Bruins at Chicago BlackhawksJan 1, 2027

Time TBDFriday, Jan 1, 2027

away

Boston BruinsBOS

at

home

Chicago BlackhawksCHI

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

BOSaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,369 km travel · -1 h

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

CHIhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

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

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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jeremy Swayman66%
Michael DiPietro34%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 4–3 at WPG · Oct 2

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka
10:21
L2Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
9:44
L3Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
9:21
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:01
D1Lindholm – Borgen
15:02
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
14:50
D3Clifton – Zadorov
14:33
PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Peterka – Lohrei
2:56

Projected BOS lines →·BOS goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight92%
Arvid Soderblom8%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
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

Projected CHI lines →·CHI goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Jan 1.

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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.