Dallas Stars at Los Angeles KingsJan 9, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 9, 2027

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Dallas StarsDAL

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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 +12.0 pts

DALaway−11.9 pts

Back-to-back · 45 km travel

B2B vs rested LAK −9.3 pts
Backup likely (63%) −2.6 pts

LAKhome+12.0 pts

2 days rest

DAL on a B2B +9.3 pts
DAL backup likely (63%) +2.7 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+12.0 pts net win probability): dal on a b2b, dal backup likely (63%), b2b vs rested lak, backup likely (63%).

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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Casey DeSmith63%
Jake Oettinger37%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper95%
Anton Forsberg5%
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 Jan 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.