Final · All games
COL 1 – 3 WPG
Colorado Avalanche at Winnipeg Jets. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- COL 57%
- Expected score
- 3.2 – 2.9
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Canada Life Centre
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.
Scott Wedgewood
Stuart Skinner
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.
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)
Winnipeg Jets
L1 Kyle Connor (above the league middle) · Mark Scheifele (top tenth of the league) · Cole Perfetti (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Isak Rosen (above the league middle) · Viggo Bjorck · Gabriel Vilardi (top tenth of the league)
L3 Morgan Barron (above the league middle) · Adam Lowry (bottom tenth of the league) · Brad Lambert
D1 Josh Morrissey (top tenth of the league) · Dylan DeMelo (above the league middle)
D2 Dylan Samberg (below the league middle) · Neal Pionk (above the league middle)
PP1 Gabriel Vilardi (top tenth of the league) · Mark Scheifele (top tenth of the league) · Cole Perfetti (bottom tenth of the league) · Josh Morrissey (top tenth of the league) · Kyle Connor (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.
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
Winnipeg Jets
Neal Pionk (D): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Alex Iafallo (LW): Out For Season (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Morgan Barron (C): Out For Season (lower-body), listed since 2026-04-06, expected back 2026-09-15
Vladislav Namestnikov (C): Out For Season (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Goals · the league's own clips
4 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
WPG · P1 18:55 · G. Vilardi (I. Rosen, V. Namestnikov)
WPG · P2 18:50 · C. Perfetti (M. Scheifele, J. Morrissey)
WPG · P3 06:37 · D. DeMelo (G. Vilardi, J. Morrissey)
COL · P3 14:34 · G. Merkulov (F. Lysell, B. Kulak)
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger