San Jose Sharks at Chicago BlackhawksMar 16, 2027

Time TBDTuesday, Mar 16, 2027

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San Jose SharksSJS

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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

Edge: CHI +12.6 pts

SJSaway−12.5 pts

Back-to-back · 731 km travel · -1 h

B2B vs rested CHI −9.3 pts
Backup likely (78%) −3.2 pts

CHIhome+12.6 pts

1 day rest

SJS on a B2B +9.3 pts
SJS backup likely (78%) +3.3 pts

CHI has the schedule edge (+12.6 pts net win probability): sjs on a b2b, sjs backup likely (78%), b2b vs rested chi, backup likely (78%).

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San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Eric Comrie39%
Alex Nedeljkovic39%
Yaroslav Askarov22%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 4–3 vs FLA · Oct 1

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:34
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:13
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:17
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:43
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:38
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:18
D3Trouba – Allan
12:06
PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:37

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight87%
Arvid Soderblom13%
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

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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.