CBJ @ FLO Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-03-12 Posted by kaylee on 2026-03-12 04:00:16

CBJ @ FLO

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena

Puck drop: Thu Mar 12, 2026 7:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.

Game Preview

CBJ (last 10)

Record 7-1-2
Streak W1
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.8 · 2.6
Power play 5/20 (25%)
Last game W vs TBL (5–2)

FLO (last 10)

Record 4-6-0
Streak W2
GF/GP · GA/GP 3 · 3.7
Power play 9/34 (26.5%)
Last game W vs DET (4–3)

Recent meetings:

2026-03-05 FLO 2 @ CBJ 4
2025-12-06 CBJ 6 @ FLO 7 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

CBJ

Kirill Marchenko 8 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
Charlie Coyle 7 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
Adam Fantilli 6 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
Mathieu Olivier 5 pts · 4 G · 11 SOG

FLO

Matthew Tkachuk 9 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
Sam Bennett 4 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
Aaron Ekblad 4 pts · 0 G · 3 SOG
Carter Verhaeghe 3 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: CBJ 3.76 · FLO 2.96 · Win odds: CBJ 62.6% · FLO 37.4% · OT/SO chance: 15.3%

3-3 34.6%
3-2 33.4%
4-2 32%

Box Score

CBJ 1 Final FLO 2

2026-03-12

Stat	CBJ	FLO
Goals	1	2
Shots	31	21
Power Play	0/2 (0.0%)	2/2 (100.0%)
PIM	4	4
Faceoffs	24 / 17	17 / 24
Blocks	10	17
Saves	19	30

CBJ Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Adam Fantilli	1	0	1
Mason Marchment	0	1	1

FLO Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Sam Reinhart	1	1	2
Sam Bennett	1	0	1
Mackie Samoskevich	0	1	1
Matthew Tkachuk	0	1	1
Michael Benning	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

CBJ Away

Forwards

Line 1

Cole Sillinger

#4 · LW

TOI 13:41xGF/60 1.75xGA/60 2.33CF/60 39.5SC±/60 +8.77G±/60 0.00CF% 40.9xGF% 42.9

Adam Fantilli

#19 · C

TOI 19:31xGF/60 2.91xGA/60 2.13CF/60 52.8SC±/60 +19.80G±/60 +3.30CF% 51.6xGF% 57.7

Kirill Marchenko

#86 · RW

TOI 17:54xGF/60 2.29xGA/60 1.88CF/60 47.0SC±/60 +14.47G±/60 +3.62CF% 52.0xGF% 54.9

Line 2

Kent Johnson

#91 · LW

TOI 13:48xGF/60 2.55xGA/60 4.73CF/60 57.9SC±/60 -4.45G±/60 0.00CF% 37.1xGF% 35.0

Sean Monahan

#23 · C

TOI 14:45xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 5.01CF/60 62.3SC±/60 -10.38G±/60 0.00CF% 37.5xGF% 34.1

Conor Garland

#83 · RW

TOI 15:21xGF/60 2.67xGA/60 4.73CF/60 59.8SC±/60 -4.27G±/60 0.00CF% 37.8xGF% 36.1

Line 3

Mason Marchment

#17 · LW

TOI 20:19xGF/60 4.42xGA/60 1.24CF/60 70.4SC±/60 +40.79G±/60 +3.71CF% 73.1xGF% 78.1

Charlie Coyle

#3 · C

TOI 18:49xGF/60 4.75xGA/60 1.58CF/60 80.4SC±/60 +43.30G±/60 +6.19CF% 68.4xGF% 75.1

Mathieu Olivier

#24 · RW

TOI 15:05xGF/60 5.22xGA/60 1.91CF/60 83.0SC±/60 +44.68G±/60 0.00CF% 65.0xGF% 73.2

Line 4

Dmitri Voronkov

#10 · LW

TOI 10:18xGF/60 2.39xGA/60 1.94CF/60 67.8SC±/60 +18.49G±/60 0.00CF% 73.3xGF% 55.2

Boone Jenner

#38 · C

TOI 14:07xGF/60 2.97xGA/60 2.24CF/60 77.5SC±/60 +23.84G±/60 0.00CF% 72.2xGF% 57.0

Isac Lundestrom

#21 · RW

TOI 11:20xGF/60 2.22xGA/60 1.79CF/60 62.7SC±/60 +17.09G±/60 0.00CF% 73.3xGF% 55.4

Defense

Pair 1

Zach Werenski

#8 · LD

TOI 28:31xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 1.86CF/60 61.7SC±/60 +27.17G±/60 +2.47CF% 61.0xGF% 58.1

Dante Fabbro

#15 · RD

TOI 21:55xGF/60 2.91xGA/60 2.16CF/60 70.4SC±/60 +29.34G±/60 0.00CF% 63.2xGF% 57.4

Pair 2

Ivan Provorov

#9 · LD

TOI 22:34xGF/60 3.39xGA/60 3.09CF/60 67.4SC±/60 +15.31G±/60 0.00CF% 52.4xGF% 52.2

Denton Mateychuk

#5 · RD

TOI 17:28xGF/60 2.81xGA/60 2.90CF/60 58.4SC±/60 +3.44G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 49.2

Pair 3

Jake Christiansen

#2 · LD

TOI 12:00xGF/60 3.06xGA/60 2.99CF/60 40.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 36.8xGF% 50.6

Damon Severson

#78 · RD

TOI 18:06xGF/60 2.66xGA/60 3.29CF/60 42.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 38.1xGF% 44.7

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Elvis Merzlikins [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 50]
G2	Jet Greaves

FLO Home

Forwards

Line 1

Eetu Luostarinen

#27 · LW

TOI 15:08xGF/60 4.62xGA/60 2.06CF/60 95.7SC±/60 -6.38G±/60 0.00CF% 60.0xGF% 69.2

Evan Rodrigues

#17 · C

TOI 17:29xGF/60 5.25xGA/60 3.55CF/60 106.8SC±/60 -22.88G±/60 0.00CF% 56.0xGF% 59.7

Sam Reinhart

#13 · RW

TOI 17:52xGF/60 3.63xGA/60 2.78CF/60 76.5SC±/60 -9.56G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 56.6

Line 2

A.J. Greer

#10 · LW

TOI 18:44xGF/60 2.12xGA/60 2.72CF/60 53.4SC±/60 -33.97G±/60 -4.85CF% 45.8xGF% 43.7

Sam Bennett

#9 · C

TOI 16:10xGF/60 8.40xGA/60 7.41CF/60 174.1SC±/60 -15.83G±/60 0.00CF% 51.2xGF% 53.2

Matthew Tkachuk

#19 · RW

TOI 16:08xGF/60 3.28xGA/60 3.00CF/60 70.1SC±/60 -29.22G±/60 0.00CF% 48.0xGF% 52.3

Line 3

Mackie Samoskevich

#11 · LW

TOI 15:19xGF/60 2.83xGA/60 5.31CF/60 59.6SC±/60 -29.80G±/60 0.00CF% 37.0xGF% 34.7

Tomas Nosek

#92 · C

TOI 16:04xGF/60 1.36xGA/60 2.66CF/60 37.7SC±/60 -18.83G±/60 -4.71CF% 47.1xGF% 33.8

Cole Reinhardt

TOI 14:59xGF/60 0.81xGA/60 2.85CF/60 23.1SC±/60 -13.88G±/60 0.00CF% 31.3xGF% 22.3

Line 4

Jesper Boqvist

#70 · LW

TOI 12:04xGF/60 3.54xGA/60 4.83CF/60 56.0SC±/60 -21.01G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 42.3

Luke Kunin

#71 · C

TOI 12:36xGF/60 3.04xGA/60 3.75CF/60 50.5SC±/60 -16.82G±/60 0.00CF% 40.9xGF% 44.8

Vinnie Hinostroza

Defense

Pair 1

Gustav Forsling

#42 · LD

TOI 21:07xGF/60 2.06xGA/60 3.39CF/60 51.5SC±/60 -29.41G±/60 0.00CF% 41.2xGF% 37.8

Aaron Ekblad

#5 · RD

TOI 22:52xGF/60 2.25xGA/60 3.17CF/60 54.1SC±/60 -27.04G±/60 -3.38CF% 45.7xGF% 41.5

Pair 2

Niko Mikkola

#77 · LD

TOI 18:29xGF/60 2.57xGA/60 2.48CF/60 46.8SC±/60 -18.73G±/60 -4.68CF% 40.0xGF% 50.9

Michael Benning

TOI 16:49xGF/60 2.68xGA/60 1.58CF/60 57.9SC±/60 +4.13G±/60 0.00CF% 56.0xGF% 62.9

Pair 3

Donovan Sebrango

#6 · LD

TOI 20:44xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 3.66CF/60 54.6SC±/60 -12.12G±/60 -3.03CF% 47.4xGF% 44.6

Dmitry Kulikov

#7 · RD

TOI 21:09xGF/60 3.14xGA/60 3.92CF/60 57.6SC±/60 -20.34G±/60 0.00CF% 45.9xGF% 44.5

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Sergei Bobrovsky [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 32]
G2	Daniil Tarasov

Injuries

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

CBJ

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Brendan Smith	NA	7	IR	IR
Erik Gudbranson	NA	44	DTD	DTD

FLO

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Aleksander Barkov	NA	16	IR	IR
Cole Schwindt	NA	79	IR	IR
Jonah Gadjovich	NA	12	IR	IR
Seth Jones	NA	3	IR	IR
Brad Marchand	NA	63	DTD	DTD
Anton Lundell	NA	15	DTD	DTD
Carter Verhaeghe	NA	23	DTD	DTD

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