Final · All games

SJS 2 – 6 ANA

San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.

Model
ANA 64%
Expected score
2.7 – 3.4
Market
—
Venue
Honda Center
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.

ANA win64%SJS 36%
FinishesANA reg 53% · OT/SO 12%SJS reg 24% · OT/SO 12%
Most likely finalsSJS 2–3 ANA (7%) · SJS 1–4 ANA (6%) · SJS 3–4 ANA (6%)
Club ratings (Elo)ANA 1482 · SJS 1470by results; last season's, until this one has enough games

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.

SJS · expected (depth chart)

Yaroslav Askarov

Goalie rating 1441 (bottom tenth of the league) · -14.7 saved above expected on 1988 shots last season
ANA · expected (depth chart)

Lukas Dostal

Goalie rating 1485 (below the league middle) · +9.5 saved above expected on 2361 shots last season
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.

SJS

San Jose Sharks

Head coach Ryan Warsofsky

L1 Mason Marchment (above the league middle) · Macklin Celebrini (top tenth of the league) · Will Smith (top tenth of the league)

L2 Ivar Stenberg · Alexander Wennberg (above the league middle) · Collin Graf (above the league middle)

L3 Tyler Toffoli (below the league middle) · Michael Misa (above the league middle) · Igor Chernyshov (above the league middle)

D1 Sam Dickinson (below the league middle) · Jacob Trouba (above the league middle)

D2 Darnell Nurse (above the league middle) · Michael Kesselring (below the league middle)

PP1 Igor Chernyshov (above the league middle) · Alexander Wennberg (above the league middle) · Will Smith (top tenth of the league) · Macklin Celebrini (top tenth of the league) · Luca Cagnoni

ANA

Anaheim Ducks

Head coach Joel Quenneville

L1 Alex Killorn (above the league middle) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (top tenth of the league)

L2 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Nikita Klepov

L3 A.J. Greer (above the league middle) · Ryan Poehling (above the league middle) · Frank Vatrano (below the league middle)

D1 Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Nick Jensen (above the league middle)

D2 Pavel Mintyukov (above the league middle) · Tristan Luneau

PP1 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (top tenth of the league)

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.

SJS · 0 out

San Jose Sharks

Nobody listed.

ANA · 1 out

Anaheim Ducks

Troy Terry (RW): Out (hip), listed since 2026-05-21, expected back 2026-11-15

Goals · the league's own clips

8 goals

Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.

SJS · P1 01:37 · E. Pohlkamp (E. Cardwell)

ANA · P1 02:57 · J. LaCombe (C. Gauthier, T. Luneau)

ANA · P1 06:07 · L. Carlsson (D. Helleson, N. Klepov)

SJS · P2 11:05 · J. Huntington (B. Leason)

ANA · P2 12:15 · B. Sennecke (L. Carlsson, J. LaCombe) · PP

ANA · P2 16:07 · B. Sennecke (T. Luneau, N. Myatovic)

ANA · P3 08:10 · B. Sennecke (M. Granlund, N. Myatovic)

ANA · P3 13:44 · T. Luneau (A. Killorn)

Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger