Who wins
| Source | PIT wins | COL 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 |
|---|
| COL | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
| PIT | — | 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 |
|---|
| COL | 1 | no | no | 2122 | +2 | 1 |
| PIT | 2 | no | no | 767 | 0 | 1 |
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. |
| PIT | Bryan Rust | Injured Reserve | ir |
| PIT | Justin Brazeau | Injured Reserve | Brazeau (lower body) was placed on injured reserve by the Penguins on Sunday. |
| PIT | Ryan Graves | Injured Reserve | Graves (lower body) is out indefinitely and was placed on injured reserve Sunday. |
Streak trendspage only
Streaks are listed for games in the next seven days.
Win/loss and over/under streaks, carried across seasons; "what happened next" is measured on the overall split. Measured over 18 seasons (2007-08 to now, closing prices): the price already knows - after a streak the next game lands within about a point of what the line said, riding a streak loses about the bookmaker’s margin and fading it is break-even. (Last season alone looked like streaks carried on; over 21,500 games that was luck.) Unlike football, where fading long streaks wins. Shown for context only: no picker bets on it and it is never in the pickers’ packet.