Final · All games

LAK 2 – 1 ANA

Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.

Model
ANA 64%
Expected score
2.7 – 3.4
Market
—
Venue
Honda 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.

ANA win64%LAK 36%
FinishesANA reg 52% · OT/SO 12%LAK reg 25% · OT/SO 12%
Most likely finalsLAK 2–3 ANA (7%) · LAK 1–4 ANA (6%) · LAK 3–4 ANA (6%)
Club ratings (Elo)ANA 1482 · LAK 1455by results; last season's, until this one has enough games

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.

LAK · expected (depth chart)

Darcy Kuemper

Goalie rating 1452 (bottom tenth of the league) · -3.1 saved above expected on 1880 shots last season
ANA · expected (depth chart)

Lukas Dostal

Goalie rating 1485 (below the league middle) · +9.5 saved above expected on 2361 shots last season
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.

LAK

Los Angeles Kings

Head coach Peter Laviolette

L1 Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league)

L2 Mats Zuccarello (above the league middle) · Erik Haula (below the league middle) · Alex Laferriere (below the league middle)

L3 Andre Lee · Scott Laughton (above the league middle) · Trevor Moore (below the league middle)

D1 Mikey Anderson (above the league middle) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)

D2 Joel Edmundson (below the league middle) · Drew Doughty (below the league middle)

PP1 Mats Zuccarello (above the league middle) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league) · Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)

ANA

Anaheim Ducks

Head coach Joel Quenneville

L1 Alex Killorn (above the league middle) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (top tenth of the league)

L2 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Nikita Klepov

L3 A.J. Greer (above the league middle) · Ryan Poehling (above the league middle) · Frank Vatrano (below the league middle)

D1 Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Nick Jensen (above the league middle)

D2 Pavel Mintyukov (above the league middle) · Tristan Luneau

PP1 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (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.

LAK · 3 out

Los Angeles Kings

Joel Edmundson (D): Day To Day (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-28

Jakub Dvorak (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-06

Jan Jenik (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-06

Kevin Fiala (LW): Out (leg), listed since 2026-02-13, expected back 2026-09-30

ANA · 1 out

Anaheim Ducks

Troy Terry (RW): Out (hip), listed since 2026-05-21, expected back 2026-11-15

Goals · the league's own clips

3 goals

Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.

ANA · P1 08:41 · E. Procyszyn (J. Caulfield, C. Pitre) · clip

LAK · P1 18:56 · A. Laferriere (A. Lee) · clip

LAK · P1 19:37 · J. Armia (D. Doughty, B. Dumoulin) · clip

Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger