Final (SO) · All games
NJD 3 – 4 NYR
New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- NYR 55%
- Expected score
- 2.9 – 3.2
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Madison Square Garden
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.
Jake Allen
Igor Shesterkin
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.
New Jersey Devils
L1 Anthony Mantha (top tenth of the league) · Jack Hughes (above the league middle) · Jesper Bratt (above the league middle)
L2 Timo Meier (bottom tenth of the league) · Nico Hischier (below the league middle) · Luke Evangelista (bottom tenth of the league)
L3 Arseny Gritsyuk (above the league middle) · Evan Rodrigues (below the league middle) · Dawson Mercer (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Jonas Siegenthaler (below the league middle) · Dougie Hamilton (above the league middle)
D2 Luke Hughes (below the league middle) · Brett Pesce (below the league middle)
PP1 Jesper Bratt (above the league middle) · Nico Hischier (below the league middle) · Luke Evangelista (bottom tenth of the league) · Jack Hughes (above the league middle) · Luke Hughes (below the league middle)
New York Rangers
L1 Gabe Perreault (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle)
L2 Oliver Bjorkstrand (bottom tenth of the league) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle)
L3 Will Cuylle (below the league middle) · Noah Laba (below the league middle) · Eeli Tolvanen (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Vladislav Gavrikov (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (above the league middle)
D2 Marcus Pettersson (below the league middle) · Sean Durzi (above the league middle)
PP1 Alexis Lafreniere (above the league middle) · J.T. Miller (bottom tenth of the league) · Pavel Dorofeyev (above the league middle) · Mika Zibanejad (top tenth of the league) · Adam Fox (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.
New Jersey Devils
Johnathan Kovacevic (D): Out (knee), listed since 2026-09-28
Nick Bjugstad (C): Out (pectoral), listed since 2026-09-28
Seamus Casey (D): Out (knee), listed since 2026-09-28
Arseny Gritsyuk (RW): Out For Season (upper-body), listed since 2026-03-24, expected back 2026-09-15
New York Rangers
Nobody listed.
Goals · the league's own clips
7 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
NJD · P1 08:51 · S. Noesen (S. Casey, L. Hameenaho) · PP · clip
NJD · P2 12:09 · E. Edwards (M. Melovsky, B. Steeves) · clip
NYR · P3 03:10 · W. Cuylle (M. Robertson, G. Perreault) · clip
NYR · P3 05:21 · A. Blidh (G. Gawdin, G. Perreault) · clip
NYR · P3 10:03 · S. Morrow (W. Cuylle, M. Rempe) · clip
NJD · P3 18:21 · A. Lombardi (J. Boqvist, M. Melovsky) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger