Final (OT) · All games
MTL – PIT
Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins. 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
- PPG Paints 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 PIT 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.
3 nights off · game 2 of a road trip
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.
Jacob Fowler
Arturs Silovs
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.
Montréal Canadiens
L1 Cole Caufield (top tenth of the league) · Nick Suzuki (above the league middle) · Juraj Slafkovský (above the league middle)
L2 Chris Kreider (below the league middle) · Alex Newhook (top tenth of the league) · Josh Anderson (below the league middle)
L3 Zachary Bolduc (below the league middle) · Phillip Danault (bottom tenth of the league) · Alexandre Texier (above the league middle)
D1 Lane Hutson (above the league middle) · Noah Dobson (above the league middle)
D2 Mike Matheson (above the league middle) · Kaiden Guhle (below the league middle)
PP1 Chris Kreider (below the league middle) · Nick Suzuki (above the league middle) · Juraj Slafkovský (above the league middle) · Cole Caufield (top tenth of the league) · Lane Hutson (above the league middle)
Pittsburgh Penguins
L1 Rickard Rakell (above the league middle) · Sidney Crosby (top tenth of the league) · Bryan Rust (above the league middle)
L2 Egor Chinakhov (top tenth of the league) · Thomas Novak (below the league middle) · Evgeni Malkin (above the league middle)
L3 Hendrix Lapierre (below the league middle) · Ben Kindel (below the league middle) · Ville Koivunen
D1 Declan Carlile · Erik Karlsson (above the league middle)
D2 Samuel Girard (above the league middle) · Kaedan Korczak (below the league middle)
PP1 Ben Kindel (below the league middle) · Evgeni Malkin (above the league middle) · Rickard Rakell (above the league middle) · Erik Karlsson (above the league middle) · Sidney Crosby (top tenth of the league)
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.
Montréal Canadiens
Mike Matheson (D): Day To Day (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-13, expected back 2026-10-17
Bryce Pickford (D): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-29, expected back 2026-10-31
Florian Xhekaj (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-10, expected back 2026-10-31
Ivan Demidov (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-03, expected back 2026-10-31
Lucas Condotta (LW): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-30, expected back 2026-10-31
Samuel Montembeault (G): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-10-07, expected back 2026-10-20
Pittsburgh Penguins
Samuel Girard (D): Day To Day (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-17, expected back 2026-10-19
Egor Chinakhov (RW): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-10-16, expected back 2026-10-22
Justin Brazeau (RW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27, expected back 2026-10-22
Ryan Graves (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-27, expected back 2026-10-24
Trevor van Riemsdyk (D): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-10-10, expected back 2026-10-19
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.
Trevor Hanson
Liam Maaskant
Jesse Marquis · David Brisebois
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.
MTL · P1 03:49 · C. Caufield (N. Suzuki, L. Hutson) · on nhl.com
PIT · P1 14:07 · E. Malkin (K. Letang, H. Lapierre) · PP · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 00:32 · D. Carlile (R. Rakell, E. Karlsson) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 07:59 · S. Girard (S. Crosby, K. Korczak) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 14:01 · T. Novak (E. Chinakhov, E. Malkin) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 15:32 · B. Kindel (E. Karlsson, T. Novak) · PP · on nhl.com
MTL · P2 18:46 · N. Suzuki (L. Hutson, N. Dobson) · on nhl.com
MTL · P3 03:31 · C. Caufield (C. Kreider) · on nhl.com
MTL · P3 18:52 · C. Kreider (N. Suzuki, I. Demidov) · on nhl.com
MTL · P3 19:16 · I. Demidov (N. Suzuki, L. Hutson) · on nhl.com
PIT · P4 01:33 · T. Novak (E. Malkin, K. Letang) · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger