Final · All games
VAN 2 – 4 SEA
Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- SEA 58%
- Expected score
- 2.8 – 3.3
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Climate Pledge 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.
Kevin Lankinen
Joey Daccord
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.
Vancouver Canucks
L1 Jake DeBrusk (bottom tenth of the league) · Elias Pettersson (below the league middle) · Jonathan Lekkerimäki
L2 Liam Ohgren (above the league middle) · Marco Rossi (above the league middle) · Brock Boeser (above the league middle)
L3 Drew O'Connor (below the league middle) · Max Sasson (top tenth of the league) · Linus Karlsson (below the league middle)
D1 Zeev Buium (above the league middle) · Filip Hronek (above the league middle)
D2 Jamie Oleksiak (above the league middle) · Tom Willander (above the league middle)
PP1 Jake DeBrusk (bottom tenth of the league) · Marco Rossi (above the league middle) · Brock Boeser (above the league middle) · Filip Hronek (above the league middle) · Elias Pettersson (above the league middle)
Seattle Kraken
L1 Jared McCann (above the league middle) · Matty Beniers (below the league middle) · Mackie Samoskevich (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Jordan Eberle (below the league middle) · Chandler Stephenson (top tenth of the league) · Bobby McMann (top tenth of the league)
L3 Kaapo Kakko (above the league middle) · Berkly Catton (below the league middle) · Shane Wright (below the league middle)
D1 Vince Dunn (above the league middle) · Adam Larsson (above the league middle)
D2 Ryker Evans (top tenth of the league) · Brandon Montour (above the league middle)
PP1 Jordan Eberle (below the league middle) · Bobby McMann (top tenth of the league) · Jared McCann (above the league middle) · Chandler Stephenson (top tenth of the league) · Vince Dunn (above 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.
Vancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-08
Thatcher Demko (G): Out (hip), listed since 2026-01-10, expected back 2026-09-29
Seattle Kraken
Jake O'Brien (C): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27, expected back 2026-10-06
Mackie Samoskevich (RW): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-27, expected back 2026-10-03
Jared McCann (LW): Out For Season (lower-body), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Goals · the league's own clips
6 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
SEA · P1 08:29 · J. Nyman (J. O'Brien, C. Fleury) · PP · clip
SEA · P1 19:55 · T. Nelson (J. Melanson, R. Lindgren) · clip
SEA · P3 00:42 · L. Morrison (F. Gaudreau, O. Fisker Molgaard) · PP · clip
VAN · P3 11:09 · B. Cootes (A. Bains, J. Lekkerimäki) · clip
VAN · P3 15:51 · A. Bains (B. Cootes, J. Lekkerimäki) · PP · clip
SEA · P3 17:25 · J. O'Brien (J. Melanson) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger