New York Islanders at Vegas Golden KnightsDec 18, 2026

Time TBDFriday, Dec 18, 2026

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New York IslandersNYI

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NYIaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 979 km travel · -1 h

VGKhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: NYI (1 day rest) at VGK (1 day rest).

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New York Islanders

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin92%
Semyon Varlamov8%
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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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart51%
Adin Hill33%
Carl Lindbom17%
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

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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.