Final · All games
LAK – COL
Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche. Final. The price shown is the one frozen on the ledger before puck drop; nothing is re-priced after the fact.
- Frozen price
- Expected score
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- Market
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- Venue
- Ball Arena
Recap · the league's own video
Recap
The league's three-minute recap and condensed game, played in the league's own player. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
The frozen price had COL at ; the pick was right. Ledger
Frozen before puck drop
What the ledger recorded
The prices appended to the hash-chained ledger before the game. Shown as recorded; never recomputed.
Source: CapOrCup prediction ledger
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 2026-10-12
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.
Darcy Kuemper
Mackenzie Blackwood
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-10-12
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.
Los Angeles Kings
L1 Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league)
L2 Trevor Moore (below the league middle) · Erik Haula (below the league middle) · Alex Laferriere (below the league middle)
L3 Joel Armia (above the league middle) · Scott Laughton (above the league middle) · Jared Wright
D1 Joel Edmundson (below the league middle) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
D2 Brian Dumoulin (below the league middle) · Drew Doughty (below the league middle)
PP1 Corey Perry (above the league middle) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league) · Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
Colorado Avalanche
L1 Artturi Lehkonen (below the league middle) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Nazem Kadri (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Gabriel Landeskog (below the league middle) · Brock Nelson (above the league middle) · Martin Necas (top tenth of the league)
L3 Jaden Schwartz (above the league middle) · Fedor Svechkov (below the league middle) · T.J. Hughes
D1 Devon Toews (below the league middle) · Cale Makar (above the league middle)
D2 Brett Kulak (below the league middle) · Noah Juulsen
PP1 T.J. Hughes · Nazem Kadri (bottom tenth of the league) · Nathan MacKinnon (above the league middle) · Martin Necas (top tenth of the league) · Cale Makar (above the league middle)
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
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.
Los Angeles Kings
Alex Turcotte (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-09, expected back 2026-10-22
Jakub Dvorak (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-31
Jan Jenik (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-24
Kevin Fiala (LW): Out (leg), listed since 2026-02-13, expected back 2026-10-24
Mats Zuccarello (RW): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-09, expected back 2026-10-20
Colorado Avalanche
Georgii Merkulov (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-10-28
Logan O'Connor (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-10-25
Nicolas Roy (C): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-10-14, expected back 2026-10-23
Zachary L'Heureux (LW): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-13, expected back 2026-10-23
Officials · the league's game centre
Who has the whistle
Named by the league, usually near puck drop. Each referee's record is from last season's play-by-play penalties; ranks are distance from league norms.
Francois St-Laurent
Carter Sandlak
Matt MacPherson · Jonny Murray
Goals · the league's own clips
goals
Each goal plays in the league's own player, or opens on the league's site. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
COL · P1 06:33 · B. Nelson (J. Schwartz, N. Kadri) · PP · on nhl.com
LAK · P1 15:14 · B. Dumoulin (A. Laferriere, A. Turcotte) · on nhl.com
COL · P1 17:58 · P. Kelly (J. Manson) · on nhl.com
COL · P2 00:23 · N. MacKinnon (N. Kadri, C. Makar) · PP · on nhl.com
LAK · P2 01:28 · J. Armia (E. Haula, C. Ceci) · SH · on nhl.com
COL · P2 08:33 · N. MacKinnon (M. Necas, B. Burns) · on nhl.com
COL · P2 16:01 · N. Roy (J. Schwartz, P. Kelly) · on nhl.com
LAK · P2 17:50 · T. Moore (M. Anderson) · SH · on nhl.com
COL · P2 18:34 · A. Lehkonen (B. Nelson, D. Toews) · PP · on nhl.com
LAK · P3 11:51 · A. Panarin (D. Doughty, A. Laferriere) · on nhl.com
COL · P3 14:03 · G. Landeskog (C. Makar) · on nhl.com
COL · P3 15:06 · A. Lehkonen (B. Nelson, D. Toews) · PP · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger