Nashville Predators at Chicago BlackhawksApr 8, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Apr 8, 2027

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NSHaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 641 km travel

CHIhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 555 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: NSH (1 day rest) at CHI (1 day rest).

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Nashville Predators

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Juuse Saros65%
Justus Annunen35%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs MIN · Oct 1

L1Drury – Edstrom – Schaefer
7:30
L2Marchessault – Colton – Bourque
7:27
L3Forsberg – Hoglander – Wood
4:46
L4Stamkos – O'Reilly – Kerfoot
2:32
D1Hague – Wilsby
12:21
D2Skjei – Perbix
11:06
D3Josi – Ufko
9:56
PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
4:45

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

Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight75%
Arvid Soderblom25%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 0–6 at UTA · Oct 1

L1Greenway – Smith – Greene
10:23
L2Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell
7:42
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov
4:35
L4Donato – Lardis – Moore
4:07
D1Kaiser – Levshunov
11:17
D2Byram – Vlasic
10:31
D3Cole – Rinzel
10:13
PP1Kane – Bertuzzi – Byram – Kantserov – Frondell
3:51

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

Game day: all games on Apr 8.

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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.