Final (OT) · All games
TBL 2 – 3 NSH
Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- TBL 60%
- Expected score
- 3.3 – 2.8
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Bridgestone 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.
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Juuse Saros
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
L1 Ilya Mikheyev (above the league middle) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league)
L2 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Anthony Cirelli (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle)
L3 Pontus Holmberg (below the league middle) · Zemgus Girgensons (below the league middle) · Jeffrey Viel (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 J.J. Moser (above the league middle) · John Carlson (above the league middle)
D2 Victor Hedman (below the league middle) · Max Crozier (below the league middle)
PP1 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · John Carlson (above the league middle)
Nashville Predators
L1 Steven Stamkos (top tenth of the league) · Ryan O'Reilly (below the league middle) · Brady Martin
L2 Filip Forsberg (top tenth of the league) · Matthew Wood (top tenth of the league) · Nils Hoglander (below the league middle)
L3 Alexander Kerfoot · Mavrik Bourque (above the league middle) · Jonathan Marchessault (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Brady Skjei (below the league middle) · Roman Josi (above the league middle)
D2 Nicolas Hague (above the league middle) · Ryan Ufko
PP1 Matthew Wood (top tenth of the league) · Ryan O'Reilly (below the league middle) · Filip Forsberg (top tenth of the league) · Steven Stamkos (top tenth of the league) · Roman Josi (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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Dominic James (C): Out (hand), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-10-13
Yanni Gourde (C): Out (hip), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-12-02
Nashville Predators
Nobody listed.
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
TBL · P2 03:44 · J. Viel (Z. Girgensons) · clip
TBL · P3 04:54 · J. Viel (P. Holmberg, T. Kralovic) · clip
NSH · P3 13:30 · M. Wood (R. Ufko, R. Josi) · clip
NSH · P3 17:41 · M. Wood (J. Ahcan) · clip
NSH · P4 02:33 · F. Nilsson · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger