Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver CanucksOct 4, 2026

Time TBDSunday, Oct 4, 2026

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: VGK +9.3 pts

VGKaway+9.3 pts

1 day rest · 1,600 km travel

VAN on a B2B +9.3 pts

VANhome−9.3 pts

Back-to-back

B2B vs rested VGK −9.3 pts

VGK has the schedule edge (+9.3 pts net win probability): van on a b2b, b2b vs rested vgk.

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Carter Hart Projected
Start probability: Carter Hart66%Projected
Adin Hill20%
Carl Lindbom14%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–2 vs CHI · Sep 29

L1Karlsson – Marner – Howden
12:18
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
11:01
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
8:37
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
6:34
D1Andersson – Wotherspoon
15:38
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
15:09
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:38
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:31

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Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Kevin Lankinen Projected
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen61%Projected
Thatcher Demko20%
Leevi Meriläinen19%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: L 7–9 vs EDM · Oct 1

L1Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren
7:27
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
6:10
L3Gallagher – O'Connor – Sasson
5:37
L4Rossi – Bains – Lekkerimäki
4:31
D1Oleksiak – Willander
10:00
D2Hronek – Buium
7:43
D3Schenn – Pettersson
7:10
PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
3:15

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Game day: all games on Oct 4.

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.