New York Islanders at Minnesota WildOct 29, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Oct 29, 2026

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New York IslandersNYI

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Minnesota WildMIN

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: NYI +2.2 pts

NYIaway+2.2 pts

1 day rest · 1,113 km travel

MIN backup likely (52%) +2.2 pts

MINhome−2.1 pts

1 day rest · 1,597 km travel · +1 h

Backup likely (52%) −2.1 pts

NYI has the schedule edge (+2.2 pts net win probability): min backup likely (52%), backup likely (52%).

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New York Islanders

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ilya Sorokin94%
Semyon Varlamov6%
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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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt48%
Filip Gustavsson34%
Calvin Pickard18%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Game day: all games on Oct 29.

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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.