Final · All games
VGK 4 – 2 LAK
Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- VGK 58%
- Expected score
- 3.3 – 2.9
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Toyota Arena
Pre-game price
What the model says
Lineups not yet published: each club's usual lineup assumed. Starting goalie not confirmed: goaltending held at league average.
Source: CapOrCup game model (derived from club ratings, rest and starters)
Starters · depth chart 2026-09-28
In goal
The league names no starter before puck drop. First on each club's depth chart, from the licensed feed, is the expected starter.
Carter Hart
Darcy Kuemper
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-09-28
Expected lines
What each club intends per the feed's depth chart, with each forward's shooter rating (Elo, against the goalies faced last season). A listing is the club's statement, not a game sheet.
Vegas Golden Knights
L1 Ivan Barbashev (above the league middle) · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Mark Stone (above the league middle)
L2 Brett Howden (above the league middle) · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner (top tenth of the league)
L3 Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Victor Olofsson (below the league middle)
D1 Brayden McNabb (above the league middle) · Shea Theodore (above the league middle)
D2 Parker Wotherspoon (above the league middle) · Rasmus Andersson (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Mark Stone (above the league middle) · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Mitch Marner (top tenth of the league) · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Shea Theodore (above the league middle)
Los Angeles Kings
L1 Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league)
L2 Mats Zuccarello (above the league middle) · Erik Haula (below the league middle) · Alex Laferriere (below the league middle)
L3 Andre Lee · Scott Laughton (above the league middle) · Trevor Moore (below the league middle)
D1 Mikey Anderson (above the league middle) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
D2 Joel Edmundson (below the league middle) · Drew Doughty (below the league middle)
PP1 Mats Zuccarello (above the league middle) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league) · Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
Injury listings · as of 2026-09-29
Who the clubs list as out
Club-announced listings relayed by the licensed feed. No cause is inferred; Day To Day players are shown but not counted as out.
Vegas Golden Knights
Nobody listed.
Los Angeles Kings
Joel Edmundson (D): Day To Day (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-28
Jakub Dvorak (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-06
Jan Jenik (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-06
Kevin Fiala (LW): Out (leg), listed since 2026-02-13, expected back 2026-09-30
Goals · the league's own clips
6 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
VGK · P1 18:40 · V. Kmec (M. Sapovaliv, M. Gatcomb)
VGK · P1 19:24 · R. Lavoie (T. Laczynski, B. Bowman)
LAK · P2 01:27 · A. Lee (K. Connors, S. Perunovich)
LAK · P3 12:06 · L. Pederson (C. Guttman, J. Wright)
VGK · P3 14:29 · J. Hallum (V. Kmec)
VGK · P3 18:37 · J. Hallum (J. Demek) · empty net
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger