Final · All games
UTA 1 – 4 COL
Utah Mammoth at Colorado Avalanche. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- COL 64%
- Expected score
- 2.7 – 3.5
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Ball 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.
Karel Vejmelka
Scott Wedgewood
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.
Utah Mammoth
L1 Clayton Keller (below the league middle) · Nick Schmaltz (above the league middle) · Daniil But (below the league middle)
L2 Anders Lee (bottom tenth of the league) · Logan Cooley (top tenth of the league) · Dylan Guenther (top tenth of the league)
L3 Lawson Crouse (above the league middle) · Vincent Trocheck (below the league middle) · Kailer Yamamoto (top tenth of the league)
D1 Mikhail Sergachev (above the league middle) · MacKenzie Weegar (below the league middle)
D2 Nate Schmidt (above the league middle) · John Marino (below the league middle)
PP1 Dylan Guenther (top tenth of the league) · Logan Cooley (top tenth of the league) · Nick Schmaltz (above the league middle) · Clayton Keller (below the league middle) · Mikhail Sergachev (above the league middle)
Colorado Avalanche
L1 Artturi Lehkonen (below the league middle) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Martin Necas (top tenth of the league)
L2 Gabriel Landeskog (below the league middle) · Brock Nelson (above the league middle) · Nazem Kadri (bottom tenth of the league)
L3 Jaden Schwartz (above the league middle) · Fedor Svechkov (below the league middle) · Nicolas Roy (below the league middle)
D1 Devon Toews (below the league middle) · Cale Makar (above the league middle)
D2 Brett Kulak (below the league middle) · Sam Malinski (above the league middle)
PP1 Martin Necas (top tenth of the league) · Nicolas Roy (below the league middle) · Gabriel Landeskog (below the league middle) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Cale Makar (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.
Utah Mammoth
Nobody listed.
Colorado Avalanche
Logan O'Connor (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Zachary L'Heureux (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
COL · P2 08:54 · B. Hamilton (M. Necas) · clip
UTA · P2 15:27 · Y. Borikov (G. Smith, A. Duda) · clip
COL · P3 01:52 · G. Brindley (N. Kadri) · clip
COL · P3 02:27 · B. Nelson (A. Lehkonen, D. Toews) · PP · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger