Who wins
| Source | COL wins | STL wins | Basis |
|---|
| DraftKings | — | — | no line yet |
| Pinnacle | — | — | not posted yet |
| Kalshi | 72.5% | 27.5% | winner market, bid/ask midpoint, locked before puck drop |
| Composite ours | 69.7% | 30.3% | xG share + goalie + special teams + rest · goalies: most starts last season / most starts this season |
| DRatings public model | — | — | not published yet |
| Neil Paine Elo public model | — | — | not published for this game |
The pickers see DraftKings, Pinnacle and Kalshi. They never see the composite, DRatings or Paine's Elo - opinions get copied.
Goalies
| Team | Goalie | Status | Reported | GSAx | Sv% | GP |
|---|
| STL | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
| COL | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
DailyFaceoff's starter and status; "not reported" is its projection before any news. GSAx (goals saved above expected) and Sv% are this season's (MoneyPuck).
Rest and travel
| Team | Rest days | Back-to-back | 3 in 4 | Km | Time zones | Trip/stand game |
|---|
| STL | 0 | yes | no | 1066 | -1 | 2 |
| COL | 2 | no | no | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Who is outESPN
| Team | Player | Status | Note |
|---|
| COL | Zachary L'Heureux | Injured Reserve | L'Heureux (lower body) won't be available for the start of the 2026-27 campaign, per Aarif Deen of Colorado Hockey Now on Tuesday. |
| COL | Logan O'Connor | Injured Reserve | O'Connor (lower body) won't play at the beginning of the 2026-27 campaign, Aarif Deen of Colorado Hockey Now reports. |
| COL | Trent Miner | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| COL | Georgii Merkulov | Injured Reserve | Merkulov (undisclosed) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday. |
| STL | Tyler Tucker | Injured Reserve | Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery and will be re-assessed in six weeks, the team announced Wednesday. |
| STL | Felix Trudeau | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| STL | Logan Mailloux | Injured Reserve | ir |