Who wins
| Source | OTT wins | VGK wins | Basis |
|---|
| DraftKings | — | — | no line yet |
| Pinnacle | — | — | not posted yet |
| Kalshi | — | — | no market yet |
| Composite ours | — | — | not built yet |
| 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 |
|---|
| VGK | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
| OTT | — | 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 |
|---|
| VGK | 1 | no | no | 185 | 0 | 2 |
| OTT | 1 | no | no | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Who is outESPN
| Team | Player | Status | Note |
|---|
| OTT | Andre Burakovsky | Day-To-Day | day-to-day |
| OTT | Jake Sanderson | Day-To-Day | Sanderson departed Saturday's game versus the Maple Leafs due to a lower-body injury, Julian McKenzie of The Athletic reports. |
| OTT | Blake Montgomery | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| OTT | Kurtis MacDermid | Injured Reserve | MacDermid (upper body) was moved to the injured non-roster list Monday. |
| OTT | Artem Zub | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| VGK | Raphael Lavoie | Day-To-Day | day-to-day |
| VGK | Lukas Cormier | Injured Reserve | ir |