Final · All games
NYI 4 – 3 NYR
New York Islanders at New York Rangers. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- NYI 55%
- Expected score
- 3.1 – 2.9
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Madison Square Garden
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.
Ilya Sorokin
Igor Shesterkin
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.
New York Islanders
L1 Simon Holmstrom (above the league middle) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Matias Maccelli (above the league middle) · Calum Ritchie (above the league middle) · Brayden Schenn (above the league middle)
L3 Victor Eklund · Jean-Gabriel Pageau (top tenth of the league) · Emil Heineman (above the league middle)
D1 Adam Pelech (below the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (top tenth of the league)
D2 Alexander Romanov · Ryan Pulock (below the league middle)
PP1 Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Brayden Schenn (above the league middle) · Matias Maccelli (above the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (top tenth of the league)
New York Rangers
L1 Gabe Perreault (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle)
L2 Oliver Bjorkstrand (bottom tenth of the league) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle)
L3 Will Cuylle (below the league middle) · Noah Laba (below the league middle) · Eeli Tolvanen (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Vladislav Gavrikov (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (above the league middle)
D2 Marcus Pettersson (below the league middle) · Sean Durzi (above the league middle)
PP1 Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (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.
New York Islanders
Mathew Barzal (C): Out (knee), listed since 2026-09-16
New York Rangers
Nobody listed.
Goals · the league's own clips
7 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
NYR · P1 08:23 · C. Beaudoin (E. Tolvanen, S. Durzi) · clip
NYR · P2 06:03 · P. Dorofeyev (O. Bjorkstrand, J. Miller) · clip
NYR · P2 07:20 · T. Raddysh (A. Smits, B. Schneider) · clip
NYI · P2 11:36 · K. MacLean (M. Chaffee, C. Cizikas) · clip
NYI · P2 17:47 · M. Schaefer (M. Maccelli, B. Schenn) · PP · clip
NYI · P3 04:02 · M. Maccelli (B. Horvat, M. Schaefer) · PP · clip
NYI · P3 09:29 · M. Maccelli (M. Schaefer, K. Palmieri) · PP · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger