Montreal Canadiens at Calgary FlamesJan 28, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 28, 2027

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

MTLaway−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 3,019 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

CGYhome−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,710 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

No meaningful schedule edge: MTL (1 day rest) at CGY (1 day rest).

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes53%
Samuel Montembeault24%
Jacob Fowler23%
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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Calgary Flames

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Dustin Wolf90%
Devin Cooley10%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–6 vs SEA · Oct 1

L1Strome – Sharangovich – Zary
10:54
L2Backlund – Farabee – Honzek
10:03
L3Frost – Coronato – Gridin
9:31
L4Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov
9:06
D1Bahl – Nemec
14:18
D2Middleton – Parekh
12:44
D3Whitecloud – Kuznetsov
11:40
PP1Frost – Farabee – Coronato – Parekh – Gridin
1:08

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Game day: all games on Jan 28.

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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.