NHL matchup preview · Saturday, October 24

Vegas Golden Knights at Columbus Blue Jackets

6:00 PM CT · Nationwide Arena · FUT. Official starter states, prior-season rates and the current approved-book market are shown separately.

Starting goalie boardAll NHL games
Experimental NHL model SR-NHL-0.2-shadow · shadow only · no official play

Current-season team scoring and defence rates are blended toward prior-season rates, with both shrunk toward league average. A small home-ice prior and sample-shrunk goalie adjustment are also applied when ESPN confirms both starters. This showed modest outcome-only improvement in a two-season chronological test, but has not passed market or CLV validation; it is not a recommended bet, edge, or playable price.

Starting goalies

Starter status is recorded with every forecast.

Vegas Golden Knights: Carter Hartexpected20252026 stats · SV% 89.1 · GAA 2.71 · 18 startsSource →
Columbus Blue Jackets: Jet Greavesexpected20252026 stats · SV% 90.8 · GAA 2.60 · 53 startsSource →
Full starting-goalie tracker →

Model baseline

Score projection

VGK 3.13 — 3.09 CBJ
Away win estimate
50.7%
Home win estimate
49.3%
Modelled total
6.21
Both goalies confirmed
No — goalie adjustment withheld
NHL.com · current rates: 20262027 · shrinkage prior: 20252026 · method independent-poisson-score-matrix-v0.2-seasonal-shrinkage.

Current market

Paired prices

MoneylineVGK -135 · CBJ +114DraftKings · refreshed 6:28 PM CT
Puck lineVGK -1.5 +180 · CBJ 1.5 -218DraftKings · refreshed 6:28 PM CT
TotalOver 6.5 +110 · Under 6.5 -130DraftKings · refreshed 6:28 PM CT

NHL.com schedule and historical team rates · ESPN starting-goalie status · The Odds API market feed filtered to approved sportsbooks. Market feed status: The Odds API live sportsbook pairs.