Final · All games
ANA – VGK
Anaheim Ducks at Vegas Golden Knights. 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
- T-Mobile 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 VGK at ; the pick was wrong. 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
2 nights off
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.
Ville Husso
Carter Hart
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.
Anaheim Ducks
L1 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Judd Caulfield
L2 Nikita Nesterenko · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (top tenth of the league)
L3 Alex Killorn (above the league middle) · Ryan Poehling (above the league middle) · A.J. Greer (above the league middle)
D1 Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Noah Warren
D2 Pavel Mintyukov (above the league middle) · Travis Mitchell
PP1 Beckett Sennecke (bottom tenth of the league) · Leo Carlsson (above the league middle) · Mikael Granlund (above the league middle) · Jackson LaCombe (below the league middle) · Cutter Gauthier (top tenth of the league)
Vegas Golden Knights
L1 Ivan Barbashev (above the league middle) · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Mark Stone (above the league middle)
L2 Brett Howden (above the league middle) · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner (top tenth of the league)
L3 Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Raphael Lavoie
D1 Brayden McNabb (above the league middle) · Shea Theodore (above the league middle)
D2 Parker Wotherspoon (above the league middle) · Rasmus Andersson (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Mark Stone (above the league middle) · Tomas Hertl (bottom tenth of the league) · Trevor Connelly · Jack Eichel (above the league middle) · Victor Olofsson (below 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.
Anaheim Ducks
Ian Moore (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-11-08
Mikael Granlund (C): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-15, expected back 2026-10-19
Ryan Poehling (C): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-12, expected back 2026-11-25
Troy Terry (RW): Out (hip), listed since 2026-05-21, expected back 2026-11-21
Vegas Golden Knights
Kai Uchacz (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-29, expected back 2026-10-24
Lukas Cormier (D): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-29, expected back 2026-10-22
Parker Wotherspoon (D): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-12, expected back 2026-10-20
Victor Olofsson (LW): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-06, expected back 2026-11-02
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.
Thomas John Luxmore
Stephen Hiff
Jonny Murray · Dan Kelly
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.
ANA · P1 19:52 · B. Sennecke (L. Carlsson, T. Luneau) · on nhl.com
ANA · P2 01:33 · A. Killorn (N. Warren, M. Granlund) · on nhl.com
ANA · P2 02:28 · J. Malott (T. Washe, J. LaCombe) · on nhl.com
ANA · P2 07:03 · L. Carlsson (A. Greer, C. Gauthier) · on nhl.com
VGK · P3 04:38 · S. Theodore (B. Howden, J. Eichel) · on nhl.com
VGK · P3 06:07 · T. Hertl (M. Marner, J. Eichel) · PP · on nhl.com
VGK · P3 17:10 · B. Bowman (V. Olofsson, B. McNabb) · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger