New Jersey Devils at Chicago BlackhawksFeb 21, 2027

Time TBDSunday, Feb 21, 2027

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: CHI +2.4 pts

NJDaway−4.0 pts

Back-to-back · 1,134 km travel · -1 h

B2B after 1,134 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (85%) −3.5 pts
CHI backup likely (70%) +3.0 pts

CHIhome+0.7 pts

Back-to-back

Backup likely (70%) −2.9 pts
NJD backup likely (85%) +3.6 pts

CHI has the schedule edge (+2.4 pts net win probability): backup likely (70%), njd backup likely (85%), b2b after 1,134 km, backup likely (85%), chi backup likely (70%).

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New Jersey Devils

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: David Rittich43%
Nico Daws42%
Jake Allen15%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 3–2 vs PHI · Oct 1

L1Rodrigues – Gritsyuk – Mercer
10:55
L2Mantha – Bratt – Hughes
10:54
L3Meier – Hischier – Evangelista
8:40
L4Noesen – Glass – Lombardi
4:25
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:45
D2Pesce – Hughes
14:06
D3Dillon – Chisholm
12:42
PP1Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Evangelista – Hughes
5:17

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Arvid Soderblom70%
Spencer Knight30%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: L 0–6 at UTA · Oct 1

L1Greenway – Smith – Greene
10:23
L2Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell
7:42
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov
4:35
L4Donato – Lardis – Moore
4:07
D1Kaiser – Levshunov
11:17
D2Byram – Vlasic
10:31
D3Cole – Rinzel
10:13
PP1Kane – Bertuzzi – Byram – Kantserov – Frondell
3:51

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Game day: all games on Feb 21.

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.