Dallas Stars at Nashville PredatorsOct 3, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 3, 2026

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Dallas StarsDAL

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: NSH +12.1 pts

DALaway−12.1 pts

Back-to-back · 992 km travel

B2B vs rested NSH −9.3 pts
Backup likely (68%) −2.8 pts

NSHhome+12.2 pts

1 day rest

DAL on a B2B +9.3 pts
DAL backup likely (68%) +2.9 pts

NSH has the schedule edge (+12.1 pts net win probability): dal on a b2b, dal backup likely (68%), b2b vs rested nsh, backup likely (68%).

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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Casey DeSmith Projected
Start probability: Casey DeSmith68%Projected
Jake Oettinger33%
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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Nashville Predators

Goalie: Juuse Saros Projected
Start probability: Juuse Saros84%Projected
Justus Annunen16%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs MIN · Oct 1

L1Drury – Edstrom – Schaefer
7:30
L2Marchessault – Colton – Bourque
7:27
L3Forsberg – Hoglander – Wood
4:46
L4Stamkos – O'Reilly – Kerfoot
2:32
D1Hague – Wilsby
12:21
D2Skjei – Perbix
11:06
D3Josi – Ufko
9:56
PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
4:45

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Game day: all games on Oct 3.

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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.