Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay LightningJan 14, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 14, 2027

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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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

Edge: TBL +2.2 pts

VGKaway−2.1 pts

1 day rest · 1,318 km travel

Backup likely (51%) −2.1 pts
1 day rest vs 2 days rest

TBLhome+2.2 pts

2 days rest · 3,808 km travel · +2 h

VGK backup likely (51%) +2.2 pts
2 days rest vs 1 day rest

TBL has the schedule edge (+2.2 pts net win probability): vgk backup likely (51%), backup likely (51%).

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart49%
Adin Hill32%
Carl Lindbom19%
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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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy96%
Dennis Hildeby5%
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 Jan 14.

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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.