Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay LightningDec 29, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 29, 2026

away

Nashville PredatorsNSH

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home

Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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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

Back-to-back · 289 km travel

TBLhome±0.0 pts

Back-to-back · 942 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: NSH (back-to-back) at TBL (back-to-back).

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Nashville Predators

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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 →

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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 →

Game day: all games on Dec 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.