Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado AvalancheDec 18, 2026

Time TBDFriday, Dec 18, 2026

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: COL +9.3 pts

CARaway−9.3 pts

Back-to-back · 596 km travel

B2B vs rested COL −9.3 pts

COLhome+9.3 pts

1 day rest

CAR on a B2B +9.3 pts

COL has the schedule edge (+9.3 pts net win probability): car on a b2b, b2b vs rested col.

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Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Brandon Bussi58%
Pyotr Kochetkov42%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: L 2–5 vs WSH · Oct 2

L1Ehlers – Svechnikov – Stankoven
6:10
L2Staal – Martinook – Carrier
5:17
L3Deslauriers – Jankowski – Robinson
4:16
L4Hall – Aho – Blake
4:08
D1Slavin – Chatfield
14:02
D2Walker – Miller
13:36
D3Gostisbehere – Legault
10:43
PP1Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Blake
6:25

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

Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Mackenzie Blackwood64%
Scott Wedgewood36%
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

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Game day: all games on Dec 18.

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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.