Minnesota Wild at Chicago BlackhawksFeb 20, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Feb 20, 2027

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: CHI +2.5 pts

MINaway−2.4 pts

1 day rest · 555 km travel

Backup likely (60%) −2.4 pts
1 day rest vs 2 days rest

CHIhome+2.5 pts

2 days rest

MIN backup likely (60%) +2.5 pts
2 days rest vs 1 day rest

CHI has the schedule edge (+2.5 pts net win probability): min backup likely (60%), backup likely (60%).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt40%
Filip Gustavsson34%
Calvin Pickard26%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Chicago Blackhawks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Spencer Knight91%
Arvid Soderblom9%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: L 0–6 at UTA · Oct 1

L1Greenway – Smith – Greene
10:23
L2Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell
7:42
L3Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov
4:35
L4Donato – Lardis – Moore
4:07
D1Kaiser – Levshunov
11:17
D2Byram – Vlasic
10:31
D3Cole – Rinzel
10:13
PP1Kane – Bertuzzi – Byram – Kantserov – Frondell
3:51

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Game day: all games on Feb 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.