Tue, Sep 29, 10:00 p.m. ET · All games
VAN at EDM
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers. Preview from the model, the licensed feeds and last season's measures. Nothing here is a betting recommendation.
- Model
- EDM 71%
- Expected score
- 2.5 – 3.7
- Market
- —
- Venue
- Rogers Place
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)
Schedule spot
What the schedule did to each side
Nights off, back-to-backs, third games in four nights, road-trip position and travel since the last game, from the statistical schedule. Shown as facts; rest is in the price, travel is not.
season opener
season opener
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.
Kevin Lankinen
Tristan Jarry
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.
Vancouver Canucks
L1 Jake DeBrusk (bottom tenth of the league) · Elias Pettersson (below the league middle) · Jonathan Lekkerimäki
L2 Liam Ohgren (above the league middle) · Marco Rossi (above the league middle) · Brock Boeser (above the league middle)
L3 Drew O'Connor (below the league middle) · Max Sasson (top tenth of the league) · Linus Karlsson (below the league middle)
D1 Zeev Buium (above the league middle) · Filip Hronek (above the league middle)
D2 Jamie Oleksiak (above the league middle) · Tom Willander (above the league middle)
PP1 Jake DeBrusk (bottom tenth of the league) · Marco Rossi (above the league middle) · Brock Boeser (above the league middle) · Filip Hronek (above the league middle) · Elias Pettersson (above the league middle)
Edmonton Oilers
L1 Leon Draisaitl (top tenth of the league) · Connor McDavid (above the league middle) · Vasily Podkolzin (above the league middle)
L2 Isaac Howard · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (above the league middle) · Zach Hyman (below the league middle)
L3 Max Jones · Trent Frederic (bottom tenth of the league) · Kasperi Kapanen (above the league middle)
D1 Mattias Ekholm (below the league middle) · Evan Bouchard (above the league middle)
D2 Jake Walman (above the league middle) · Connor Murphy (above the league middle)
PP1 Zach Hyman (below the league middle) · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (above the league middle) · Leon Draisaitl (top tenth of the league) · Evan Bouchard (above the league middle) · Connor McDavid (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.
Vancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil (C): Out (shoulder), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-08
Thatcher Demko (G): Out (hip), listed since 2026-01-10, expected back 2026-09-29
Edmonton Oilers
Frederik Andersen (G): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-08-26, expected back 2026-10-20
Matt Savoie (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-08-26, expected back 2026-10-20
Mattias Janmark (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-02-26, expected back 2026-09-29