Final · All games
OTT 2 – 4 MTL
Ottawa Senators at Montréal Canadiens. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- OTT 55%
- Expected score
- 3.2 – 2.9
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Centre Bell
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.
Linus Ullmark
Jakub Dobes
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.
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)
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)
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.
Ottawa Senators
Nobody listed.
Montréal Canadiens
Kaiden Guhle (D): Out (adductor), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-10-17
Goals · the league's own clips
6 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
OTT · P1 11:54 · P. Tomasino (C. Kyrou, K. Halttunen) · PP · clip
MTL · P1 13:31 · C. Kreider (N. Suzuki, M. Matheson) · clip
OTT · P1 19:19 · T. Boucher (X. Bourgault, R. Suzuki) · PP · clip
MTL · P2 00:47 · N. Dobson (J. Slafkovský, C. Caufield) · PP · clip
MTL · P3 06:13 · J. Slafkovský (N. Dobson, P. Danault) · clip
MTL · P3 12:56 · P. Danault (J. Slafkovský, M. Matheson) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger