New Jersey Devils at New York IslandersOct 3, 2026

7:30 PM ETSaturday, Oct 3, 2026· UBS Arena

away

New Jersey DevilsNJD

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home

New York IslandersNYI

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NJDaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 38 km travel

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

NYIhome±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 568 km travel

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NJD (1 day rest) at NYI (2 days rest).

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New Jersey Devils

Goalie: Jake Allen Projected
Start probability: Jake Allen73%Projected
David Rittich17%
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 →

New York Islanders

Goalie: Ilya Sorokin Confirmed
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin97%Confirmed
Semyon Varlamov3%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–2 at TOR · Sep 30

L1Palmieri – Horvat – Holmstrom
7:16
L2Pageau – Heineman – Eklund
4:50
L3Schenn – Maccelli – Ritchie
4:40
L4Cizikas – Palat – Duclair
4:40
D1Pelech – Schaefer
9:56
D2Pulock – Romanov
9:41
D3DeAngelo – Stanley
5:26
PP1Palmieri – Schenn – Horvat – Maccelli – Schaefer
5:08

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Game day: all games on Oct 3.

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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.