Final · All games
MIN – TBL
Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning. 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
- Benchmark International 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 TBL 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.
1 night off · game 2 of a road trip · 1700 km since the last game
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.
Jesper Wallstedt
Andrei Vasilevskiy
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.
Minnesota Wild
L1 Kirill Kaprizov (top tenth of the league) · Joel Eriksson Ek (below the league middle) · Matt Boldy (top tenth of the league)
L2 Blake Coleman (below the league middle) · Ryan Hartman (above the league middle) · Maxim Shabanov (below the league middle)
L3 Marcus Foligno (above the league middle) · Danila Yurov (above the league middle) · Bobby Brink (below the league middle)
D1 Quinn Hughes (bottom tenth of the league) · Jared Spurgeon (above the league middle)
D2 Zach Bogosian · Jonas Brodin (above the league middle)
PP1 Maxim Shabanov (below the league middle) · Joel Eriksson Ek (below the league middle) · Kirill Kaprizov (top tenth of the league) · Quinn Hughes (bottom tenth of the league) · Matt Boldy (top tenth of the league)
Tampa Bay Lightning
L1 Gage Goncalves (above the league middle) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league)
L2 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Anthony Cirelli (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle)
L3 Ilya Mikheyev (above the league middle) · Zemgus Girgensons (below the league middle) · Pontus Holmberg (below the league middle)
D1 J.J. Moser (above the league middle) · John Carlson (above the league middle)
D2 Ryan McDonagh (above the league middle) · Erik Cernak (above the league middle)
PP1 Brandon Hagel (above the league middle) · Jake Guentzel (above the league middle) · Nikita Kucherov (top tenth of the league) · Brayden Point (below the league middle) · John Carlson (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.
Minnesota Wild
Jared Spurgeon (D): Day To Day (upper-body), listed since 2026-10-13, expected back 2026-10-17
Kirill Kaprizov (LW): Day To Day (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-16, expected back 2026-10-18
Brock Faber (D): Out (skull), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-11-03
Filip Gustavsson (G): Out (hip), listed since 2026-09-04, expected back 2026-11-01
Marcus Foligno (LW): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-10-10, expected back 2026-10-20
Nick Foligno (LW): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-06, expected back 2026-10-18
Nico Sturm (C): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-12, expected back 2026-10-20
Olli Maatta (D): Out (upper body), listed since 2026-10-15, expected back 2026-10-18
Tampa Bay Lightning
Yanni Gourde (C): Out (hip), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-12-02
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.
Jon McIsaac
Thomas John Luxmore
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.
TBL · P1 05:26 · A. Cirelli (E. Cernak, B. Hagel) · on nhl.com
TBL · P1 06:02 · J. Carlson (N. Kucherov, B. Point) · on nhl.com
MIN · P2 02:32 · Q. Hughes (B. Brink, J. Spurgeon) · on nhl.com
TBL · P2 04:55 · J. Carlson (N. Kucherov, J. Guentzel) · PP · on nhl.com
MIN · P2 14:01 · B. Coleman (K. Kaprizov, Q. Hughes) · PP · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger