Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal CanadiensJan 26, 2027

Time TBDTuesday, Jan 26, 2027

away

Carolina HurricanesCAR

at

home

Montreal CanadiensMTL

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: MTL +9.3 pts

CARaway−9.3 pts

Back-to-back · 185 km travel

B2B vs rested MTL −9.3 pts

MTLhome+9.3 pts

2 days rest

CAR on a B2B +9.3 pts

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

· Every game this week →

Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Brandon Bussi50%
Pyotr Kochetkov50%
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 →

Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes88%
Samuel Montembeault6%
Jacob Fowler6%
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

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

Game day: all games on Jan 26.

More

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.