San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles KingsDec 9, 2026

Time TBDWednesday, Dec 9, 2026

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San Jose SharksSJS

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home

Los Angeles KingsLAK

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: LAK +12.5 pts

SJSaway−12.4 pts

Back-to-back · 491 km travel

B2B vs rested LAK −9.3 pts
Backup likely (75%) −3.1 pts

LAKhome+12.5 pts

3 days rest

SJS on a B2B +9.3 pts
SJS backup likely (75%) +3.2 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+12.5 pts net win probability): sjs on a b2b, sjs backup likely (75%), b2b vs rested lak, backup likely (75%).

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San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Alex Nedeljkovic38%
Eric Comrie37%
Yaroslav Askarov25%
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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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper93%
Anton Forsberg7%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 4–8 at COL · Sep 30

L1Kempe – Panarin – Byfield
11:56
L2Zuccarello – Turcotte – Laferriere
10:27
L3Haula – Laughton – Moore
7:55
L4Armia – Lee – Helenius
6:17
D1Ceci – Anderson
12:13
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
11:38
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:43
PP1Zuccarello – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
4:58

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Game day: all games on Dec 9.

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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.