Final · All games
PIT 0 – 4 CBJ
Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- PIT 51%
- Expected score
- 3.1 – 3.1
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Nationwide 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.
Arturs Silovs
Jet Greaves
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.
Pittsburgh Penguins
L1 Nick Robertson (above the league middle) · Sidney Crosby (top tenth of the league) · Rickard Rakell (above the league middle)
L2 Egor Chinakhov (top tenth of the league) · Thomas Novak (below the league middle) · Evgeni Malkin (above the league middle)
L3 Ville Koivunen · Hendrix Lapierre (below the league middle) · Bryan Rust (above the league middle)
D1 Declan Carlile · Erik Karlsson (above the league middle)
D2 Trevor van Riemsdyk (above the league middle) · Kris Letang (below the league middle)
PP1 Bryan Rust (above the league middle) · Thomas Novak (below the league middle) · Rickard Rakell (above the league middle) · Erik Karlsson (above the league middle) · Sidney Crosby (top tenth of the league)
Columbus Blue Jackets
L1 Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle)
L2 Valeri Nichushkin (bottom tenth of the league) · Sean Monahan (below the league middle) · Conor Garland (below the league middle)
L3 Mathieu Olivier (above the league middle) · Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Cole Sillinger (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Zach Werenski (top tenth of the league) · Damon Severson (above the league middle)
D2 Ivan Provorov (above the league middle) · Denton Mateychuk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle) · Zach Werenski (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.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Andrei Kuzmenko (LW): Out (personal), listed since 2026-09-24
Ben Kindel (C): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27
Blake Lizotte (C): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-27
Bryan Rust (RW): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Gabriel D'Aigle (G): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-29
Justin Brazeau (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27
Melvin Fernstrom (RW): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-13
Oliver Okuliar (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-13
Ryan Graves (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27
Tristan Broz (C): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27
Columbus Blue Jackets
Dante Fabbro (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-09
Isac Lundestrom (C): Out (achilles), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-11-10
Mikael Pyyhtia (LW): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-03
Goals · the league's own clips
4 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
CBJ · P1 11:48 · Z. Werenski (C. Elick, D. Voronkov) · clip
CBJ · P2 14:42 · V. Nichushkin (D. Voronkov) · clip
CBJ · P2 19:45 · D. Heinen (C. Coyle) · clip
CBJ · P3 17:28 · K. Marchenko (C. Sillinger, K. Johnson) · empty net · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger