Florida Panthers at Montreal CanadiensMar 16, 2027

Time TBDTuesday, Mar 16, 2027

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: MTL +11.8 pts

FLAaway−11.7 pts

Back-to-back · 504 km travel

B2B vs rested MTL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (58%) −2.4 pts

MTLhome+11.8 pts

2 days rest · 185 km travel · +1 h

FLA on a B2B +9.3 pts
FLA backup likely (58%) +2.5 pts

MTL has the schedule edge (+11.8 pts net win probability): fla on a b2b, fla backup likely (58%), b2b vs rested mtl, backup likely (58%).

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Florida Panthers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Akira Schmid58%
Jacob Markstrom42%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: OTL 3–4 at SJS · Oct 1

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
11:12
L2Luostarinen – Lundell – Vilmanis
8:16
L3Eller – Reinhart – Tkachuk
5:58
L4Barkov – Hathaway – Imama
0:17
D1Jones – Mikkola
14:51
D2Kulikov – Ekblad
10:16
D3Gudas – Balinskis
8:44
PP1Jones – Reinhart – Tkachuk – Tkachuk – Lundell
5:24

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes84%
Samuel Montembeault8%
Jacob Fowler8%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Game day: all games on Mar 16.

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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.