Final · All games
WPG 2 – 5 COL
Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- COL 70%
- Expected score
- 2.5 – 3.7
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Ball 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.
Stuart Skinner
Scott Wedgewood
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.
Winnipeg Jets
L1 Kyle Connor (above the league middle) · Mark Scheifele (top tenth of the league) · Cole Perfetti (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Isak Rosen (above the league middle) · Viggo Bjorck · Gabriel Vilardi (top tenth of the league)
L3 Morgan Barron (above the league middle) · Adam Lowry (bottom tenth of the league) · Brad Lambert
D1 Josh Morrissey (top tenth of the league) · Dylan DeMelo (above the league middle)
D2 Dylan Samberg (below the league middle) · Neal Pionk (above the league middle)
PP1 Gabriel Vilardi (top tenth of the league) · Mark Scheifele (top tenth of the league) · Cole Perfetti (bottom tenth of the league) · Josh Morrissey (top tenth of the league) · Kyle Connor (above the league middle)
Colorado Avalanche
L1 Artturi Lehkonen (below the league middle) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Martin Necas (top tenth of the league)
L2 Gabriel Landeskog (below the league middle) · Brock Nelson (above the league middle) · Nazem Kadri (bottom tenth of the league)
L3 Jaden Schwartz (above the league middle) · Fedor Svechkov (below the league middle) · Nicolas Roy (below the league middle)
D1 Devon Toews (below the league middle) · Cale Makar (above the league middle)
D2 Brett Kulak (below the league middle) · Sam Malinski (above the league middle)
PP1 Martin Necas (top tenth of the league) · Nicolas Roy (below the league middle) · Gabriel Landeskog (below the league middle) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Cale Makar (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.
Winnipeg Jets
Neal Pionk (D): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Alex Iafallo (LW): Out For Season (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Morgan Barron (C): Out For Season (lower-body), listed since 2026-04-06, expected back 2026-09-15
Vladislav Namestnikov (C): Out For Season (undisclosed), listed since 2026-04-13, expected back 2026-09-15
Colorado Avalanche
Logan O'Connor (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Zachary L'Heureux (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Goals · the league's own clips
7 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
WPG · P1 06:15 · N. Niederreiter (N. Pionk, V. Namestnikov) · PP
COL · P2 06:07 · J. Schwartz (T. Hughes, F. Svechkov)
WPG · P2 07:36 · V. Namestnikov (N. Niederreiter)
COL · P2 18:28 · T. Hughes (N. Kadri, J. Schwartz)
COL · P2 19:49 · T. Hughes (B. Kulak, A. Lehkonen)
COL · P3 15:25 · C. Makar (N. MacKinnon, D. Toews)
COL · P3 19:38 · T. Hughes (N. Kadri, J. Schwartz) · empty net
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger