New York Islanders at Vancouver CanucksJan 5, 2027

Time TBDTuesday, Jan 5, 2027

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New York IslandersNYI

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NYIaway±0.0 pts

2 days rest · 192 km travel

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

VANhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 192 km travel

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NYI (2 days rest) at VAN (1 day rest).

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New York Islanders

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin88%
Semyon Varlamov12%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–2 at TOR · Sep 30

L1Palmieri – Horvat – Holmstrom
7:16
L2Pageau – Heineman – Eklund
4:50
L3Schenn – Maccelli – Ritchie
4:40
L4Cizikas – Palat – Duclair
4:40
D1Pelech – Schaefer
9:56
D2Pulock – Romanov
9:41
D3DeAngelo – Stanley
5:26
PP1Palmieri – Schenn – Horvat – Maccelli – Schaefer
5:08

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Vancouver Canucks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Kevin Lankinen79%
Thatcher Demko11%
Leevi Meriläinen11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 7–9 vs EDM · Oct 1

L1Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren
7:27
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
6:10
L3Gallagher – O'Connor – Sasson
5:37
L4Rossi – Bains – Lekkerimäki
4:31
D1Oleksiak – Willander
10:00
D2Hronek – Buium
7:43
D3Schenn – Pettersson
7:10
PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
3:15

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Game day: all games on Jan 5.

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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.