New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 26, 2027

Time TBDFriday, Feb 26, 2027

away

New Jersey DevilsNJD

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home

Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NJDaway±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 753 km travel

2 days rest vs 3 days rest

CBJhome±0.0 pts

3 days rest

3 days rest vs 2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NJD (2 days rest) at CBJ (3 days rest).

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New Jersey Devils

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Allen74%
David Rittich16%
Nico Daws10%
Schedule: Rested
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

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jet Greaves91%
Cam Talbot9%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 6–3 vs BUF · Oct 1

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:18
L2Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
10:17
L3Heinen – Garland – Lomberg
6:28
L4Monahan – Nichushkin – Voronkov
6:19
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
15:16
D2Soucy – Andrae
8:50
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:17
PP1Coyle – Werenski – Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
2:18

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

Game day: all games on Feb 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.