Final (SO) · All games
FLA 2 – 3 CAR
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- CAR 68%
- Expected score
- 2.6 – 3.6
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Lenovo 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.
Jacob Markstrom
Brandon Bussi
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.
Florida Panthers
L1 Brady Tkachuk (bottom tenth of the league) · Aleksander Barkov · Sam Reinhart (below the league middle)
L2 Carter Verhaeghe (above the league middle) · Sam Bennett (above the league middle) · Matthew Tkachuk (below the league middle)
L3 Eetu Luostarinen (below the league middle) · Anton Lundell (above the league middle) · Sandis Vilmanis
D1 Gustav Forsling (below the league middle) · Aaron Ekblad (below the league middle)
D2 Niko Mikkola (below the league middle) · Seth Jones (above the league middle)
PP1 Brady Tkachuk (bottom tenth of the league) · Aleksander Barkov · Sam Reinhart (below the league middle) · Aaron Ekblad (below the league middle) · Matthew Tkachuk (below the league middle)
Carolina Hurricanes
L1 Andrei Svechnikov (top tenth of the league) · Sebastian Aho (above the league middle) · Eric Robinson (above the league middle)
L2 Taylor Hall (below the league middle) · Logan Stankoven (below the league middle) · Jackson Blake (bottom tenth of the league)
L3 Nikolaj Ehlers (top tenth of the league) · Jordan Staal (above the league middle) · Jordan Martinook (below the league middle)
D1 Jaccob Slavin (below the league middle) · Jalen Chatfield (below the league middle)
D2 K'Andre Miller (above the league middle) · Sean Walker (below the league middle)
PP1 Andrei Svechnikov (top tenth of the league) · Sebastian Aho (above the league middle) · Jackson Blake (bottom tenth of the league) · Nikolaj Ehlers (top tenth of the league) · Shayne Gostisbehere (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.
Florida Panthers
Brad Marchand (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-08-15, expected back 2026-10-10
Carolina Hurricanes
Seth Jarvis (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-06-26, expected back 2026-11-01
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
FLA · P1 04:31 · B. Tkachuk (S. Reinhart, A. Barkov) · clip
CAR · P1 07:00 · B. Nadeau (M. Reilly, A. Heimosalmi) · clip
FLA · P1 07:18 · A. Barkov (B. Tkachuk, S. Jones) · clip
CAR · P2 11:25 · J. Robidas · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger