Final · All games
NYR 6 – 1 NYI
New York Rangers at New York Islanders. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- NYI 61%
- Expected score
- 2.7 – 3.4
- Market
- —
- Venue
- UBS 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.
Igor Shesterkin
Ilya Sorokin
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 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)
New York Islanders
L1 Simon Holmstrom (above the league middle) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Matias Maccelli (above the league middle) · Calum Ritchie (above the league middle) · Brayden Schenn (above the league middle)
L3 Victor Eklund · Jean-Gabriel Pageau (top tenth of the league) · Emil Heineman (above the league middle)
D1 Adam Pelech (below the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (top tenth of the league)
D2 Alexander Romanov · Ryan Pulock (below the league middle)
PP1 Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Brayden Schenn (above the league middle) · Matias Maccelli (above the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (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.
New York Rangers
Nobody listed.
New York Islanders
Mathew Barzal (C): Out (knee), listed since 2026-09-16
Goals · the league's own clips
7 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
NYR · P1 03:48 · O. Bjorkstrand (P. Dorofeyev, S. Durzi) · clip
NYR · P1 04:43 · J. Miller (M. Zibanejad, A. Fox) · PP · clip
NYR · P2 03:27 · T. Kartye (A. Fox, M. Rempe) · clip
NYR · P2 13:12 · G. Perreault (V. Gavrikov, J. Miller) · clip
NYR · P2 17:04 · W. Cuylle (N. Laba, M. Pettersson) · clip
NYR · P3 01:23 · M. Zibanejad (A. Fox, P. Dorofeyev) · PP · clip
NYI · P3 11:22 · P. Engvall (C. Eiserman, L. Foudy) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger