Montreal Canadiens at Columbus Blue JacketsDec 22, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 22, 2026

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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: MTL +9.3 pts

MTLaway+9.3 pts

2 days rest · 995 km travel · +1 h

CBJ on a B2B +9.3 pts

CBJhome−9.3 pts

Back-to-back · 668 km travel

B2B vs rested MTL −9.3 pts

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

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes88%
Samuel Montembeault6%
Jacob Fowler6%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jet Greaves63%
Cam Talbot37%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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 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.