San Jose Sharks at Montreal CanadiensOct 20, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Oct 20, 2026

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: MTL +11.7 pts

SJSaway−11.7 pts

Back-to-back · 504 km travel

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

MTLhome+11.7 pts

2 days rest

SJS on a B2B +9.3 pts
SJS backup likely (58%) +2.4 pts

MTL has the schedule edge (+11.7 pts net win probability): sjs on a b2b, sjs backup likely (58%), b2b vs rested mtl, backup likely (58%).

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San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Yaroslav Askarov42%
Alex Nedeljkovic31%
Eric Comrie27%
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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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes83%
Samuel Montembeault9%
Jacob Fowler7%
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 Oct 20.

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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.