Dallas Stars at Montreal CanadiensDec 27, 2026

Time TBDSunday, Dec 27, 2026

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Dallas StarsDAL

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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: DAL +11.9 pts

DALaway+12.0 pts

4 days rest · 2,438 km travel · +1 h

MTL on a B2B +9.3 pts
MTL backup likely (64%) +2.7 pts

MTLhome−11.9 pts

Back-to-back

B2B vs rested DAL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (64%) −2.6 pts

DAL has the schedule edge (+11.9 pts net win probability): mtl on a b2b, mtl backup likely (64%), b2b vs rested dal, backup likely (64%).

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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Oettinger88%
Casey DeSmith12%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–5 at MIN · Apr 30

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:13
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:18
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:06
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:07
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:51
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:44
PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes36%
Samuel Montembeault33%
Jacob Fowler31%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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 Dec 27.

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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.