Montreal Canadiens at Nashville PredatorsJan 14, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 14, 2027

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: NSH +14.6 pts

MTLaway−16.3 pts

Back-to-back · 1,517 km travel · -1 h

B2B vs rested NSH −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,517 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (85%) −3.5 pts

NSHhome+12.9 pts

1 day rest

MTL on a B2B +9.3 pts
MTL backup likely (85%) +3.6 pts

NSH has the schedule edge (+14.6 pts net win probability): mtl on a b2b, mtl backup likely (85%), b2b vs rested nsh, b2b after 1,517 km, backup likely (85%).

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Samuel Montembeault43%
Jacob Fowler42%
Jakub Dobes15%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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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Nashville Predators

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Juuse Saros89%
Justus Annunen11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs MIN · Oct 1

L1Drury – Edstrom – Schaefer
7:30
L2Marchessault – Colton – Bourque
7:27
L3Forsberg – Hoglander – Wood
4:46
L4Stamkos – O'Reilly – Kerfoot
2:32
D1Hague – Wilsby
12:21
D2Skjei – Perbix
11:06
D3Josi – Ufko
9:56
PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
4:45

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Game day: all games on Jan 14.

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.