Final (SO) · All games
PIT – CBJ
Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets. 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
- Nationwide 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 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.
1 night off · game 2 of a road trip
5 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.
Arturs Silovs
Jet Greaves
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.
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)
Columbus Blue Jackets
L1 Matthew Knies (below the league middle) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Valeri Nichushkin (bottom tenth of the league) · Sean Monahan (below the league middle) · Dmitri Voronkov (above the league middle)
L3 Cole Sillinger (bottom tenth of the league) · Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Mathieu Olivier (above the league middle)
D1 Zach Werenski (top tenth of the league) · Damon Severson (above the league middle)
D2 Carson Soucy (above the league middle) · Denton Mateychuk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Matthew Knies (below the league middle) · Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Zach Werenski (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.
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
Columbus Blue Jackets
Caleb MacDonald (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-23, expected back 2026-11-03
Dante Fabbro (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-11-03
Isac Lundestrom (C): Out (achilles), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-12-03
Ivan Provorov (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-30, expected back 2026-10-18
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.
Frederick L'Ecuyer
Beau Halkidis
Mark Shewchyk · 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.
CBJ · P1 10:52 · D. Severson (Z. Werenski, C. Sillinger) · on nhl.com
CBJ · P2 11:40 · M. Olivier (D. Severson, C. Sillinger) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 14:30 · B. Rust (S. Girard) · on nhl.com
PIT · P3 03:19 · E. Malkin (E. Karlsson) · on nhl.com
CBJ · P5 00:00 · K. Johnson · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger