VAN @ FLO Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-15 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-15 04:00:10

VAN @ FLO

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena

Puck drop: Thu Oct 15, 2026 7:00pm EDT

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

Game Preview

VAN (last 10)

Record 3-7-0
Streak L5
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.1 · 4.7
Power play 6/28 (21.4%)
Last game L vs NYI (2–3)

FLO (last 10)

Record 6-2-2
Streak W1
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.6 · 2.5
Power play 8/41 (19.5%)
Last game W vs CBJ (7–3)

Recent meetings:

2026-03-17 FLO 2 @ VAN 5
2025-11-17 VAN 5 @ FLO 8

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

VAN

Jake DeBrusk 4 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
Brock Boeser 2 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG
Jonathan Lekkerimaki 2 pts · 0 G · 7 SOG
Linus Karlsson 1 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG

FLO

Matthew Tkachuk 8 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
Seth Jones 7 pts · 1 G · 12 SOG
Sam Reinhart 5 pts · 4 G · 14 SOG
Brady Tkachuk 5 pts · 3 G · 10 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: VAN 2.83 · FLO 4.3 · Win odds: VAN 27.5% · FLO 72.5% · OT/SO chance: 13.3%

2-4 36.6%
3-4 32.4%
2-3 31%

Box Score

VAN 2 Final FLO 3

2026-10-15

Stat	VAN	FLO
Goals	2	3
Shots	18	39
Power Play	0/3 (0.0%)	0/2 (0.0%)
PIM	6	8
Faceoffs	30 / 29	29 / 30
Blocks	20	7
Saves	36	16

VAN Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Elias Pettersson	1	0	1
Liam Ohgren	1	0	1
Brock Boeser	0	1	1
Filip Chytil	0	1	1
Linus Karlsson	0	1	1

FLO Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Brady Tkachuk	3	0	3
Seth Jones	0	2	2
Aaron Ekblad	0	1	1
Carter Verhaeghe	0	1	1
Matthew Tkachuk	0	1	1
Sam Reinhart	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-12 11:46PM EDT · Latest pregame lines available

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

VAN Away

Forwards

Line 1

Jake DeBrusk

#74 · LW

TOI 16:53xGF/60 2.58xGA/60 5.14CF/60 28.4SC±/60 -31.98G±/60 0.00CF% 28.6xGF% 33.4

Elias Pettersson

#40 · C

TOI 22:35xGF/60 3.13xGA/60 5.49CF/60 39.9SC±/60 -29.23G±/60 0.00CF% 34.1xGF% 36.3

Jonathan Lekkerimaki

#88 · RW

TOI 17:42xGF/60 2.81xGA/60 5.22CF/60 30.5SC±/60 -30.51G±/60 0.00CF% 30.0xGF% 35.0

Line 2

Paul Cotter

#47 · LW

TOI 15:39xGF/60 1.04xGA/60 5.72CF/60 15.3SC±/60 -26.84G±/60 0.00CF% 20.0xGF% 15.4

Marco Rossi

#23 · C

TOI 13:35xGF/60 2.16xGA/60 2.58CF/60 22.1SC±/60 -8.83G±/60 0.00CF% 35.7xGF% 45.5

Brock Boeser

#6 · RW

TOI 22:18xGF/60 0.73xGA/60 4.28CF/60 10.8SC±/60 -21.52G±/60 0.00CF% 19.0xGF% 14.6

Line 3

Liam Ohgren

#92 · LW

TOI 14:15xGF/60 1.98xGA/60 2.13CF/60 21.1SC±/60 -8.42G±/60 0.00CF% 38.5xGF% 48.1

Drew O'Connor

#18 · C

TOI 13:06xGF/60 3.05xGA/60 2.30CF/60 41.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 57.0

Linus Karlsson

#94 · RW

TOI 10:38xGF/60 1.47xGA/60 2.30CF/60 16.9SC±/60 -5.65G±/60 0.00CF% 30.0xGF% 39.0

Line 4

Max Sasson

#63 · LW

TOI 11:40xGF/60 4.49xGA/60 2.10CF/60 56.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 57.9xGF% 68.1

Aatu Raty

#54 · C

TOI 12:37xGF/60 4.17xGA/60 2.76CF/60 72.4SC±/60 +9.65G±/60 -4.82

Brendan Gallagher

#7 · RW

TOI 8:34xGF/60 3.95xGA/60 2.86CF/60 56.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 58.0

Defense

Pair 1

Zeev Buium

#8 · LD

TOI 19:24xGF/60 1.48xGA/60 6.07CF/60 18.6SC±/60 -24.75G±/60 0.00CF% 19.4xGF% 19.6

Filip Hronek

#17 · RD

TOI 28:38xGF/60 1.36xGA/60 2.95CF/60 18.9SC±/60 -14.66G±/60 -2.10CF% 34.6xGF% 31.5

Pair 2

Elias Nils Pettersson

#25 · LD

TOI 16:17xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 0.00CF/60 0.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00

Tom Willander

#5 · RD

TOI 17:10xGF/60 3.54xGA/60 2.37CF/60 38.5SC±/60 -13.98G±/60 +3.50CF% 47.8xGF% 60.0

Pair 3

Guillaume Brisebois

#55 · LD

Luke Schenn

#2 · RD

TOI 11:10xGF/60 3.94xGA/60 3.40CF/60 57.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Kevin Lankinen
G2	Leevi Merilainen

FLO Home

Forwards

Line 1

Brady Tkachuk

#8 · LW

TOI 19:59xGF/60 4.14xGA/60 3.03CF/60 51.0SC±/60 +15.02G±/60 -3.00CF% 58.6xGF% 57.7

Sam Bennett

#9 · C

TOI 19:55xGF/60 4.46xGA/60 3.67CF/60 54.2SC±/60 +15.07G±/60 -3.01CF% 56.3xGF% 54.9

Matthew Tkachuk

#19 · RW

TOI 21:59xGF/60 3.79xGA/60 2.76CF/60 49.1SC±/60 +16.38G±/60 -2.73CF% 60.0xGF% 57.9

Line 2

Carter Verhaeghe

#23 · LW

TOI 19:55xGF/60 4.59xGA/60 0.80CF/60 57.2SC±/60 +15.07G±/60 0.00CF% 79.2xGF% 85.1

Sam Reinhart

#13 · C

TOI 22:17xGF/60 4.10xGA/60 0.45CF/60 48.5SC±/60 +16.16G±/60 0.00CF% 81.8xGF% 90.1

Sam Lafferty

#18 · RW

TOI 5:37xGF/60 1.05xGA/60 4.03CF/60 53.4SC±/60 +10.68G±/60 0.00CF% 55.6

Line 3

Eetu Luostarinen

#27 · LW

TOI 13:56xGF/60 3.23xGA/60 1.59CF/60 47.4SC±/60 +21.53G±/60 0.00CF% 73.3xGF% 66.9

Anton Lundell

#15 · C

TOI 16:14xGF/60 3.51xGA/60 2.14CF/60 48.1SC±/60 +22.18G±/60 +3.70CF% 68.4xGF% 62.1

Sandis Vilmanis

#95 · RW

TOI 12:47xGF/60 3.97xGA/60 1.74CF/60 56.3SC±/60 +28.16G±/60 +4.69CF% 75.0xGF% 69.6

Line 4

Bokondji Imama

#14 · LW

TOI 5:30xGF/60 1.07xGA/60 5.30CF/60 43.6SC±/60 +21.82G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 16.8

Lars Eller

#20 · C

TOI 17:10xGF/60 4.96xGA/60 0.58CF/60 59.4SC±/60 +20.97G±/60 0.00CF% 81.0xGF% 89.5

Garnet Hathaway

#21 · RW

TOI 9:47xGF/60 1.77xGA/60 2.31CF/60 36.8SC±/60 +6.14G±/60 +6.13CF% 60.0xGF% 43.4

Defense

Pair 1

Gustav Forsling

#42 · LD

TOI 23:15xGF/60 6.42xGA/60 2.44CF/60 74.8SC±/60 +25.81G±/60 0.00CF% 74.4xGF% 72.5

Aaron Ekblad

#5 · RD

TOI 22:21xGF/60 6.67xGA/60 2.00CF/60 75.2SC±/60 +32.21G±/60 0.00CF% 77.8xGF% 76.9

Pair 2

Niko Mikkola

#77 · LD

TOI 20:56xGF/60 3.93xGA/60 1.59CF/60 63.1SC±/60 +22.93G±/60 +2.87CF% 75.9xGF% 71.2

Seth Jones

#3 · RD

TOI 26:16xGF/60 3.14xGA/60 1.27CF/60 50.3SC±/60 +18.27G±/60 +2.28CF% 75.9xGF% 71.3

Pair 3

Radko Gudas

#6 · LD

TOI 12:27xGF/60 2.07xGA/60 4.01CF/60 35.7SC±/60 +10.21G±/60 0.00

Dmitry Kulikov

#7 · RD

TOI 12:26xGF/60 0.42xGA/60 4.02CF/60 9.7SC±/60 -9.65G±/60 -4.83CF% 15.4xGF% 9.5

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Jacob Markstrom [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 16]
G2	Akira Schmid

Injuries

As of 2026-10-15

VAN

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Filip Chytil	C	77	shoulder	OUT
Thatcher Demko	G	35	hip	OUT
Mackenzie MacEachern	LW	20	undisclosed	OUT

FLO

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Aleksander Barkov	C	16	knee	OUT
Jonah Gadjovich	LW	12	upper body	OUT
Radko Gudas	D	6	undisclosed	QUESTIONABLE
Brad Marchand	LW	63	leg	OUT
Jacob Markstrom	G	25	undisclosed	QUESTIONABLE

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