Final · All games
PIT – CHI
Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks. 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
- United Center
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.
2 nights off
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.
Arturs Silovs
Spencer Knight
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)
Chicago Blackhawks
L1 Nick Lardis (above the league middle) · Ryan Greene (below the league middle) · Patrick Kane (below the league middle)
L2 Roman Kantserov · Anton Frondell · Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle)
L3 Ryan Donato (below the league middle) · Dominic Toninato · Teuvo Teravainen (above the league middle)
D1 Bowen Byram (below the league middle) · Artyom Levshunov (below the league middle)
D2 Alex Vlasic (below the league middle) · Ian Cole (below the league middle)
PP1 Tyler Bertuzzi (above the league middle) · Roman Kantserov · Anton Frondell · Patrick Kane (below the league middle) · Bowen Byram (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.
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
Chicago Blackhawks
Andrew Mangiapane (LW): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-29, expected back 2026-10-25
Bowen Byram (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-10-15, expected back 2026-10-23
Ryan Ellis (D): Out For Season (back), listed since 2026-01-08, expected back 2027-07-01
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.
Eric Furlatt
Stephen Hiff
Shandor Alphonso · Kilian McNamara
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.
CHI · P1 00:28 · T. Teravainen (A. Frondell, T. Bertuzzi) · on nhl.com
PIT · P1 06:57 · S. Crosby (E. Karlsson) · on nhl.com
CHI · P1 17:50 · R. Kantserov (C. Bedard, B. Byram) · PP · on nhl.com
CHI · P2 10:32 · R. Kantserov (A. Levshunov, P. Kane) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 17:51 · N. Robertson (B. Lizotte, E. Karlsson) · on nhl.com
PIT · P3 09:17 · S. Crosby (C. Dewar, S. Girard) · on nhl.com
CHI · P3 15:42 · T. Teravainen (R. Greene, C. Smith) · on nhl.com
CHI · P3 19:50 · T. Bertuzzi (A. Frondell, T. Teravainen) · empty net · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger