Final · All games
NSH 5 – 6 CAR
Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- CAR 68%
- Expected score
- 2.6 – 3.6
- Market
- —
- Venue
- First Horizon Coliseum
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.
Juuse Saros
Brandon Bussi
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.
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)
Carolina Hurricanes
L1 Andrei Svechnikov (top tenth of the league) · Sebastian Aho (above the league middle) · Eric Robinson (above the league middle)
L2 Taylor Hall (below the league middle) · Logan Stankoven (below the league middle) · Jackson Blake (bottom tenth of the league)
L3 Nikolaj Ehlers (top tenth of the league) · Jordan Staal (above the league middle) · Jordan Martinook (below the league middle)
D1 Jaccob Slavin (below the league middle) · Jalen Chatfield (below the league middle)
D2 K'Andre Miller (above the league middle) · Sean Walker (below the league middle)
PP1 Andrei Svechnikov (top tenth of the league) · Sebastian Aho (above the league middle) · Jackson Blake (bottom tenth of the league) · Nikolaj Ehlers (top tenth of the league) · Shayne Gostisbehere (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.
Nashville Predators
Nobody listed.
Carolina Hurricanes
Seth Jarvis (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-06-26, expected back 2026-11-01
Goals · the league's own clips
11 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
NSH · P1 01:48 · V. Pinchuk (T. Molendyk) · clip
NSH · P1 07:09 · C. O'Hara · PP · clip
NSH · P1 15:24 · J. Marchessault (V. Pinchuk) · clip
CAR · P2 01:19 · L. Stankoven (T. Hall, N. Fransén) · clip
NSH · P2 03:20 · A. Edstrom (T. Molendyk) · clip
NSH · P2 08:24 · J. Drury (F. Nilsson) · clip
CAR · P2 12:38 · J. Kotkaniemi (P. Joseph) · clip
CAR · P2 16:19 · J. Jaaska (J. Kotkaniemi) · clip
CAR · P3 08:26 · J. Välimäki (T. Hall, L. Stankoven) · PP · clip
CAR · P3 18:36 · L. Stankoven (T. Hall, J. Blake) · clip
CAR · P3 19:57 · F. Unger Sorum (B. Nadeau) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger