Final · All games
STL 2 – 3 CHI
St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- STL 60%
- Expected score
- 3.4 – 2.8
- Market
- —
- Venue
- United Center
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.
Joel Hofer
Spencer Knight
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.
St. Louis Blues
L1 Dylan Holloway (above the league middle) · Robert Thomas (top tenth of the league) · Jimmy Snuggerud (above the league middle)
L2 Connor McMichael (below the league middle) · Mason McTavish (below the league middle) · Pavel Buchnevich (above the league middle)
L3 Jake Neighbours (above the league middle) · Dalibor Dvorsky (above the league middle) · Jonatan Berggren (above the league middle)
D1 Philip Broberg (below the league middle) · Logan Mailloux (above the league middle)
D2 Theo Lindstein · Colton Parayko (below the league middle)
PP1 Jimmy Snuggerud (above the league middle) · Robert Thomas (top tenth of the league) · Dylan Holloway (above the league middle) · Philip Broberg (below the league middle) · Mason McTavish (below the league middle)
Chicago Blackhawks
L1 Roman Kantserov · Frank Nazar (below the league middle) · Patrick Kane (below the league middle)
L2 Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle) · Anton Frondell · Nick Lardis (above the league middle)
L3 Ryan Donato (below the league middle) · Oliver Moore (below the league middle) · Andrew Mangiapane (below the league middle)
D1 Alex Vlasic (below the league middle) · Bowen Byram (below the league middle)
D2 Wyatt Kaiser (above the league middle) · Artyom Levshunov (below the league middle)
PP1 Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle) · Roman Kantserov · Anton Frondell · Patrick Kane (below the league middle) · Bowen Byram (below 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.
St. Louis Blues
Logan Mailloux (D): Out (hand), listed since 2026-09-28
Tyler Tucker (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28
Chicago Blackhawks
Connor Bedard (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-07-08, expected back 2026-11-07
Goals · the league's own clips
5 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
CHI · P1 06:27 · A. Frondell (T. Bertuzzi) · clip
CHI · P2 07:00 · I. Cole · SH · clip
CHI · P2 09:31 · R. Kantserov (T. Bertuzzi, N. Lardis) · PP · clip
STL · P2 19:04 · J. Berggren · clip
STL · P3 18:44 · C. Parayko (J. Snuggerud, R. Thomas) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger