Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal CanadiensDec 8, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 8, 2026

away

Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

at

home

Montreal CanadiensMTL

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

VGKaway±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 3,610 km travel · +3 h

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

MTLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: VGK (2 days rest) at MTL (1 day rest).

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart71%
Adin Hill20%
Carl Lindbom9%
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

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes82%
Samuel Montembeault10%
Jacob Fowler9%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Game day: all games on Dec 8.

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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.