Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay LightningOct 17, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 17, 2026

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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home

Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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 · 289 km travel

TBLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen66%
Thatcher Demko17%
Leevi Meriläinen17%
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 →

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy86%
Dennis Hildeby14%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–5 at NYR · Oct 1

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:05
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:58
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:04
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:59
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:26
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:01
D3Carlson – Moser
9:29
PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18

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Game day: all games on Oct 17.

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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.