Vancouver Canucks at Dallas StarsJan 28, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 28, 2027

away

Vancouver CanucksVAN

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home

Dallas StarsDAL

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 · 1,389 km travel

DALhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: VAN (1 day rest) at DAL (1 day 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 →

Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Oettinger69%
Casey DeSmith31%
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 Jan 28.

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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.