Final · All games
MTL 3 – 4 OTT
Montréal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- OTT 62%
- Expected score
- 2.8 – 3.4
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Canadian Tire Centre
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.
Jakub Dobes
Linus Ullmark
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.
Montréal Canadiens
L1 Cole Caufield (top tenth of the league) · Nick Suzuki (above the league middle) · Chris Kreider (below the league middle)
L2 Juraj Slafkovský (above the league middle) · Oliver Kapanen (above the league middle) · Ivan Demidov (above the league middle)
L3 Alex Newhook (top tenth of the league) · Phillip Danault (bottom tenth of the league) · Josh Anderson (below the league middle)
D1 Mike Matheson (above the league middle) · Noah Dobson (above the league middle)
D2 Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson (above the league middle)
PP1 Juraj Slafkovský (above the league middle) · Nick Suzuki (above the league middle) · Ivan Demidov (above the league middle) · Cole Caufield (top tenth of the league) · Lane Hutson (above the league middle)
Ottawa Senators
L1 William Eklund (bottom tenth of the league) · Tim Stutzle (above the league middle) · Fabian Zetterlund (above the league middle)
L2 Andre Burakovsky (below the league middle) · Dylan Cozens (below the league middle) · Drake Batherson (top tenth of the league)
L3 Ridly Greig (below the league middle) · Shane Pinto (below the league middle) · Michael Amadio (above the league middle)
D1 Jake Sanderson (top tenth of the league) · Artem Zub (above the league middle)
D2 Thomas Chabot (above the league middle) · Jordan Spence (above the league middle)
PP1 Drake Batherson (top tenth of the league) · Tim Stutzle (above the league middle) · Dylan Cozens (below the league middle) · Jake Sanderson (top tenth of the league) · William Eklund (bottom 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.
Montréal Canadiens
Kaiden Guhle (D): Out (adductor), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-10-17
Ottawa Senators
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.
MTL · P1 03:49 · B. Berard (H. McKown, S. Pastujov)
OTT · P1 09:16 · C. Giroux (T. Chabot, A. Burakovsky) · PP
OTT · P2 10:31 · D. Batherson (J. Sanderson, C. Giroux) · PP
OTT · P2 11:12 · C. Yakemchuk (A. Burakovsky, C. Giroux) · PP
MTL · P3 05:19 · A. Belzile (J. Struble)
MTL · P3 07:05 · S. Pastujov
OTT · P3 10:57 · W. Eklund (D. Cozens, T. Stützle) · PP
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger