Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue JacketsJan 2, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 2, 2027

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: CBJ +9.3 pts

BOSaway−9.3 pts

Back-to-back · 446 km travel · +1 h

B2B vs rested CBJ −9.3 pts

CBJhome+9.3 pts

1 day rest

BOS on a B2B +9.3 pts

CBJ has the schedule edge (+9.3 pts net win probability): bos on a b2b, b2b vs rested cbj.

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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jeremy Swayman71%
Michael DiPietro29%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jet Greaves87%
Cam Talbot13%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 6–3 vs BUF · Oct 1

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:18
L2Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
10:17
L3Heinen – Garland – Lomberg
6:28
L4Monahan – Nichushkin – Voronkov
6:19
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
15:16
D2Soucy – Andrae
8:50
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:17
PP1Coyle – Werenski – Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
2:18

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Game day: all games on Jan 2.

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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.