Calgary Flames at Tampa Bay LightningDec 17, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Dec 17, 2026

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

CGYaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,691 km travel

TBLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,408 km travel

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

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Calgary Flames

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Dustin Wolf77%
Devin Cooley23%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–6 vs SEA · Oct 1

L1Strome – Sharangovich – Zary
10:54
L2Backlund – Farabee – Honzek
10:03
L3Frost – Coronato – Gridin
9:31
L4Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov
9:06
D1Bahl – Nemec
14:18
D2Middleton – Parekh
12:44
D3Whitecloud – Kuznetsov
11:40
PP1Frost – Farabee – Coronato – Parekh – Gridin
1:08

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy80%
Dennis Hildeby20%
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 Dec 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.