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VGK 2 – 1 SJS
Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- VGK 66%
- Expected score
- 3.5 – 2.6
- Market
- —
- Venue
- SAP Center at San Jose
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.
Carter Hart
Yaroslav Askarov
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.
Vegas Golden Knights
L1 Ivan Barbashev (above the league middle) · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Mark Stone (above the league middle)
L2 Brett Howden (above the league middle) · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner (top tenth of the league)
L3 Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Victor Olofsson (below the league middle)
D1 Brayden McNabb (above the league middle) · Shea Theodore (above the league middle)
D2 Parker Wotherspoon (above the league middle) · Rasmus Andersson (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Mark Stone (above the league middle) · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Mitch Marner (top tenth of the league) · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Shea Theodore (above the league middle)
San Jose Sharks
L1 Mason Marchment (above the league middle) · Macklin Celebrini (top tenth of the league) · Will Smith (top tenth of the league)
L2 Ivar Stenberg · Alexander Wennberg (above the league middle) · Collin Graf (above the league middle)
L3 Tyler Toffoli (below the league middle) · Michael Misa (above the league middle) · Igor Chernyshov (above the league middle)
D1 Sam Dickinson (below the league middle) · Jacob Trouba (above the league middle)
D2 Darnell Nurse (above the league middle) · Michael Kesselring (below the league middle)
PP1 Igor Chernyshov (above the league middle) · Alexander Wennberg (above the league middle) · Will Smith (top tenth of the league) · Macklin Celebrini (top tenth of the league) · Luca Cagnoni
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.
Vegas Golden Knights
Nobody listed.
San Jose Sharks
Nobody listed.
Goals · the league's own clips
3 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
SJS · P3 04:18 · M. Misa (I. Stenberg, D. Orlov) · PP · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger