Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina HurricanesDec 28, 2026

Time TBDMonday, Dec 28, 2026

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

Preview

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

TBLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,083 km travel

CARhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy83%
Dennis Hildeby17%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: L 1–5 at NYR · Oct 1

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:05
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:58
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:04
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:59
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:26
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:01
D3Carlson – Moser
9:29
PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18

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

Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Brandon Bussi89%
Pyotr Kochetkov11%
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

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

Game day: all games on Dec 28.

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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.