Final (OT) · All games
MIN 3 – 4 CHI
Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- MIN 63%
- Expected score
- 3.4 – 2.7
- Market
- —
- Venue
- United 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.
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.
Jesper Wallstedt
Spencer Knight
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.
Minnesota Wild
L1 Kirill Kaprizov (top tenth of the league) · Danila Yurov (above the league middle) · Max Shabanov (below the league middle)
L2 Blake Coleman (below the league middle) · Joel Eriksson Ek (below the league middle) · Matt Boldy (top tenth of the league)
L3 Yakov Trenin (bottom tenth of the league) · Ryan Hartman (above the league middle) · Bobby Brink (below the league middle)
D1 Quinn Hughes (bottom tenth of the league) · Brock Faber (top tenth of the league)
D2 Jonas Brodin (above the league middle) · Jared Spurgeon (above the league middle)
PP1 Ryan Hartman (above the league middle) · Joel Eriksson Ek (below the league middle) · Matt Boldy (top tenth of the league) · Quinn Hughes (bottom tenth of the league) · Kirill Kaprizov (top tenth of the league)
Chicago Blackhawks
L1 Roman Kantserov · Frank Nazar (below the league middle) · Patrick Kane (below the league middle)
L2 Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle) · Anton Frondell · Nick Lardis (above the league middle)
L3 Ryan Donato (below the league middle) · Oliver Moore (below the league middle) · Andrew Mangiapane (below the league middle)
D1 Alex Vlasic (below the league middle) · Bowen Byram (below the league middle)
D2 Wyatt Kaiser (above the league middle) · Artyom Levshunov (below the league middle)
PP1 Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle) · Roman Kantserov · Anton Frondell · Patrick Kane (below the league middle) · Bowen Byram (below 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.
Minnesota Wild
Nobody listed.
Chicago Blackhawks
Connor Bedard (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-07-08, expected back 2026-11-07
Goals · the league's own clips
7 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
MIN · P1 00:15 · B. Brink (D. Spacek) · clip
CHI · P1 08:40 · N. Lardis · clip
CHI · P2 02:48 · B. Byram (R. Greene, S. Rinzel) · clip
CHI · P3 00:24 · B. Byram (A. Vlasic, R. Kantserov) · clip
MIN · P3 04:07 · M. Shabanov (Y. Trenin, V. Gustafsson Nyberg) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger