Montreal Canadiens at Dallas StarsOct 29, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Oct 29, 2026

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Dallas StarsDAL

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

MTLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 881 km travel

DALhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes74%
Samuel Montembeault14%
Jacob Fowler12%
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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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Oettinger81%
Casey DeSmith19%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–5 at MIN · Apr 30

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:13
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:18
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:06
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:07
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:51
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:44
PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23

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Game day: all games on Oct 29.

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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.