Final · All games
FLA – PIT
Florida Panthers 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
- Not on file (no price was frozen before puck drop)
- 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.
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.
second of a back-to-back · game 2 of a road trip · rest disadvantage
2 nights off · 2700 km since the last game, 2 time zones · rest advantage
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 Markstrom
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.
Florida Panthers
L1 Carter Verhaeghe (above the league middle) · Sam Bennett (above the league middle) · Matthew Tkachuk (below the league middle)
L2 Brady Tkachuk (bottom tenth of the league) · Lars Eller (below the league middle) · Sam Reinhart (below the league middle)
L3 Eetu Luostarinen (below the league middle) · Anton Lundell (above the league middle) · Sandis Vilmanis
D1 Gustav Forsling (below the league middle) · Aaron Ekblad (below the league middle)
D2 Niko Mikkola (below the league middle) · Seth Jones (above the league middle)
PP1 Brady Tkachuk (bottom tenth of the league) · Sam Bennett (above the league middle) · Sam Reinhart (below the league middle) · Seth Jones (above the league middle) · Matthew Tkachuk (below 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.
Florida Panthers
Aleksander Barkov (C): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-10-01, expected back 2026-11-27
Brad Marchand (LW): Out (leg), listed since 2026-10-06, expected back 2026-11-21
Jonah Gadjovich (LW): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-29, expected back 2026-11-28
Radko Gudas (D): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-13, expected back 2026-10-21
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.
Corey Syvret
Peter MacDougall
Dylan Blujus · Travis Gawryletz
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.
PIT · P1 15:19 · N. Robertson (C. Dewar, K. Letang) · on nhl.com
PIT · P2 09:59 · H. Lapierre (V. Koivunen, E. Malkin) · on nhl.com
PIT · P3 01:40 · E. Malkin (H. Lapierre, S. Stastney) · on nhl.com
PIT · P3 17:34 · N. Robertson (C. Dewar, B. Lizotte) · empty net · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger