Carolina Hurricanes at Utah MammothDec 17, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Dec 17, 2026

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Utah MammothUTA

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

CARaway−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,438 km travel · -2 h

2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

UTAhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: CAR (1 day rest) at UTA (1 day rest).

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Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Brandon Bussi83%
Pyotr Kochetkov17%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
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

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Utah Mammoth

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Karel Vejmelka95%
Sebastian Cossa5%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 6–0 vs CHI · Oct 1

L1Trocheck – Schmaltz – Keller
11:26
L2Lee – Guenther – Cooley
8:55
L3Crouse – Hayton – McBain
8:28
L4Stenlund – Carcone – But
7:52
D1Weegar – Sergachev
16:08
D2Schmidt – Marino
14:10
D3Peeke – Simashev
12:35
PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
1:41

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Game day: all games on Dec 17.

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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.