Final (SO) · All games
DET 0 – 1 CBJ
Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- CBJ 56%
- Expected score
- 2.9 – 3.2
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Nationwide 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.
John Gibson
Jet Greaves
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.
Detroit Red Wings
L1 Alex DeBrincat (above the league middle) · Andrew Copp (bottom tenth of the league) · Lucas Raymond (above the league middle)
L2 Emmitt Finnie (bottom tenth of the league) · Marco Kasper (bottom tenth of the league) · Viktor Arvidsson (above the league middle)
L3 Mason Appleton (above the league middle) · Nate Danielson · Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
D1 Simon Edvinsson (above the league middle) · Moritz Seider (above the league middle)
D2 Albert Johansson (above the league middle) · Justin Faulk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Viktor Arvidsson (above the league middle) · Andrew Copp (bottom tenth of the league) · Lucas Raymond (above the league middle) · Alex DeBrincat (above the league middle) · Moritz Seider (above the league middle)
Columbus Blue Jackets
L1 Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle)
L2 Valeri Nichushkin (bottom tenth of the league) · Sean Monahan (below the league middle) · Conor Garland (below the league middle)
L3 Mathieu Olivier (above the league middle) · Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Cole Sillinger (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Zach Werenski (top tenth of the league) · Damon Severson (above the league middle)
D2 Ivan Provorov (above the league middle) · Denton Mateychuk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle) · Zach Werenski (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.
Detroit Red Wings
Dylan Larkin (C): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-09-21
Jacob Bernard-Docker (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Columbus Blue Jackets
Dante Fabbro (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-09
Isac Lundestrom (C): Out (achilles), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-11-10
Mikael Pyyhtia (LW): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-03
Goals · the league's own clips
1 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
CBJ · P5 00:00 · C. Garland
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger