Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose SharksDec 26, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Dec 26, 2026

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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San Jose SharksSJS

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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

3 days rest · 535 km travel

SJShome±0.0 pts

3 days rest · 1,145 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: VGK (3 days rest) at SJS (3 days rest).

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart64%
Adin Hill26%
Carl Lindbom11%
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

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

San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Yaroslav Askarov77%
Alex Nedeljkovic13%
Eric Comrie10%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 4–3 vs FLA · Oct 1

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:34
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:13
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:17
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:43
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:38
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:18
D3Trouba – Allan
12:06
PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:37

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

Game day: all games on Dec 26.

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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.