Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado AvalancheJan 4, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Jan 4, 2027

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

VGKaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 979 km travel · +1 h

COLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 979 km travel · +1 h

No meaningful schedule edge: VGK (1 day rest) at COL (1 day rest).

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart63%
Adin Hill23%
Carl Lindbom14%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–4 vs ANA · Oct 2

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
6:34
L2Karlsson – Marner – Howden
5:19
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
4:54
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
4:24
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:59
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
14:19
D3Andersson – Wotherspoon
14:13
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:34

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

Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Mackenzie Blackwood65%
Scott Wedgewood35%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 8–4 vs LAK · Sep 30

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:10
L2Kadri – Nelson – Landeskog
8:01
L3Roy – Kelly – Svechkov
2:59
D1Toews – Makar
9:57
D2Burns – Manson
8:02
D3Kulak – Malinski
7:13
PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar – Hughes
4:08

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

Game day: all games on Jan 4.

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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.