Final (OT) · All games
BUF 2 – 3 DET
Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- BUF 55%
- Expected score
- 3.2 – 2.9
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Little Caesars 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.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
John Gibson
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.
Buffalo Sabres
L1 Peyton Krebs (below the league middle) · Tage Thompson (top tenth of the league) · Josh Doan (above the league middle)
L2 Konsta Helenius · Josh Norris (above the league middle) · Ryan McLeod (above the league middle)
L3 Zach Benson (below the league middle) · Noah Ostlund (above the league middle) · Jack Quinn (below the league middle)
D1 Rasmus Dahlin (above the league middle) · Louis Crevier (above the league middle)
D2 Owen Power (above the league middle) · Conor Timmins (below the league middle)
PP1 Jack Quinn (below the league middle) · Zach Benson (below the league middle) · Josh Doan (above the league middle) · Tage Thompson (top tenth of the league) · Rasmus Dahlin (above the league middle)
Detroit Red Wings
L1 Alex DeBrincat (above the league middle) · Andrew Copp (bottom tenth of the league) · Lucas Raymond (above the league middle)
L2 Emmitt Finnie (bottom tenth of the league) · Marco Kasper (bottom tenth of the league) · Viktor Arvidsson (above the league middle)
L3 Mason Appleton (above the league middle) · Nate Danielson · Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
D1 Simon Edvinsson (above the league middle) · Moritz Seider (above the league middle)
D2 Albert Johansson (above the league middle) · Justin Faulk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Viktor Arvidsson (above the league middle) · Andrew Copp (bottom tenth of the league) · Lucas Raymond (above the league middle) · Alex DeBrincat (above the league middle) · Moritz Seider (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.
Buffalo Sabres
Conor Timmins (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-10-08
Justin Danforth (RW): Out For Season (kneecap), listed since 2025-10-15, expected back 2026-09-15
Detroit Red Wings
Dylan Larkin (C): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-09-21
Jacob Bernard-Docker (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
BUF · P1 10:48 · T. Kuntar (J. Richard) · clip
DET · P1 16:11 · A. Sandin-Pellikka (A. Johansson, E. Finnie) · PP · clip
BUF · P2 00:33 · J.Kulich (N. Ostlund, R. Mrtka) · clip
DET · P3 07:13 · S. Dries (J. Bryson, W. Skoog) · clip
DET · P4 00:33 · A. DeBrincat (L. Raymond, M. Seider) · PP · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger