Vancouver Canucks at Colorado AvalancheJan 18, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Jan 18, 2027

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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home

Colorado AvalancheCOL

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

VANaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,776 km travel · +1 h

COLhome−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,399 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

No meaningful schedule edge: VAN (1 day rest) at COL (1 day rest).

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Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen76%
Thatcher Demko12%
Leevi Meriläinen12%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 7–9 vs EDM · Oct 1

L1Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren
7:27
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
6:10
L3Gallagher – O'Connor – Sasson
5:37
L4Rossi – Bains – Lekkerimäki
4:31
D1Oleksiak – Willander
10:00
D2Hronek – Buium
7:43
D3Schenn – Pettersson
7:10
PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
3:15

Projected VAN lines →·VAN goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Mackenzie Blackwood61%
Scott Wedgewood39%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 8–4 vs LAK · Sep 30

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:10
L2Kadri – Nelson – Landeskog
8:01
L3Roy – Kelly – Svechkov
2:59
D1Toews – Makar
9:57
D2Burns – Manson
8:02
D3Kulak – Malinski
7:13
PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar – Hughes
4:08

Projected COL lines →·COL goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Jan 18.

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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.