Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 1, 2027

Time TBDFriday, Jan 1, 2027

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: MIN +9.3 pts

MINaway+9.3 pts

3 days rest · 1,181 km travel · +1 h

PIT on a B2B +9.3 pts

PIThome−9.3 pts

Back-to-back · 633 km travel

B2B vs rested MIN −9.3 pts

MIN has the schedule edge (+9.3 pts net win probability): pit on a b2b, b2b vs rested min.

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt57%
Filip Gustavsson31%
Calvin Pickard12%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
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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Pittsburgh Penguins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Arturs Silovs67%
Sergei Murashov33%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 7–0 at PHI · Sep 30

L1Crosby – Rakell – Robertson
10:08
L2Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
9:32
L3Dewar – Lizotte – Soderblom
7:10
L4Hallander – Lapierre – Koivunen
6:28
D1Girard – Korczak
14:31
D2Letang – van Riemsdyk
13:40
D3Karlsson – Carlile
11:08
PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Novak – Chinakhov
4:41

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Game day: all games on Jan 1.

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.