Vancouver Canucks at Calgary FlamesDec 26, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Dec 26, 2026

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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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

VANaway±0.0 pts

4 days rest · 674 km travel · +1 h

4 days rest vs 3 days rest

CGYhome±0.0 pts

3 days rest · 2,467 km travel · -1 h

3 days rest vs 4 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: VAN (4 days rest) at CGY (3 days rest).

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Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen70%
Thatcher Demko15%
Leevi Meriläinen15%
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 →

Calgary Flames

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Dustin Wolf87%
Devin Cooley13%
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 Dec 26.

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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.