FLO @ MIN Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-01-24 Posted by kaylee on 2026-01-24 05:01:31

FLO @ MIN

Venue: Grand Casino Arena

Puck drop: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:00pm EST

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

Game Preview

FLO (last 10)

Record 5-5-0
Streak W1
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.2 · 3.7
Power play 5/31 (16.1%)
Last game W vs WPJ (2–1)

MIN (last 10)

Record 4-4-2
Streak W1
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.4 · 3.9
Power play 10/35 (28.6%)
Last game W vs DET (4–3)

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

FLO

Sam Bennett 6 pts · 2 G · 18 SOG
Carter Verhaeghe 5 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG
Anthony-John Greer 4 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
Anton Lundell 3 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG

MIN

Kirill Kaprizov 10 pts · 2 G · 17 SOG
Vladimir Tarasenko 8 pts · 5 G · 18 SOG
Mats Zuccarello 8 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
Quinn Hughes 8 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: FLO 2.97 · MIN 3.71 · Win odds: FLO 38.6% · MIN 61.4% · OT/SO chance: 14%

2-3 34.9%
3-3 33.2%
3-4 31.9%

Box Score

FLO 4 Final MIN 3

2026-01-24

Stat	FLO	MIN
Goals	4	3
Shots	34	21
Power Play	2/6 (33.3%)	2/6 (33.3%)
PIM	17	17
Faceoffs	30 / 26	26 / 30
Blocks	15	10
Saves	18	30

FLO Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Brad Marchand	2	1	3
Sam Reinhart	1	1	2
Sam Bennett	1	0	1
Carter Verhaeghe	0	2	2
Matthew Tkachuk	0	2	2
Aaron Ekblad	0	1	1

MIN Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Kirill Kaprizov	1	1	2
Matthew Boldy	1	1	2
Joel Eriksson Ek	1	0	1
Mats Zuccarello	0	1	1
Quinn Hughes	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

FLO Away

Forwards

Line 1

Eetu Luostarinen

#27 · LW

TOI 14:42xGF/60 8.83xGA/60 7.16CF/60 135.5SC±/60 +5.43G±/60 -5.42CF% 47.2xGF% 55.2

Anton Lundell

#15 · C

TOI 19:35xGF/60 4.23xGA/60 1.05CF/60 67.5SC±/60 +33.73G±/60 -4.82CF% 70.0xGF% 80.2

Sam Reinhart

#13 · RW

TOI 26:22xGF/60 7.64xGA/60 4.34CF/60 117.0SC±/60 +34.66G±/60 +4.34CF% 56.3xGF% 63.8

Line 2

Carter Verhaeghe

#23 · LW

TOI 15:46xGF/60 4.73xGA/60 1.80CF/60 82.2SC±/60 +41.11G±/60 +5.87CF% 66.7xGF% 72.4

Sam Bennett

#9 · C

TOI 25:11xGF/60 4.34xGA/60 3.09CF/60 64.8SC±/60 -3.81G±/60 +7.62CF% 47.2xGF% 58.5

Matthew Tkachuk

#19 · RW

TOI 20:06xGF/60 4.35xGA/60 3.49CF/60 69.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +13.95CF% 52.6xGF% 55.5

Line 3

Mackie Samoskevich

#11 · LW

TOI 10:36xGF/60 2.07xGA/60 3.22CF/60 29.5SC±/60 -7.38G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 39.1

Evan Rodrigues

#17 · C

TOI 14:35xGF/60 3.22xGA/60 1.94CF/60 58.9SC±/60 +17.68G±/60 0.00CF% 62.5xGF% 62.4

A.J. Greer

#10 · RW

Line 4

Sandis Vilmanis

#95 · LW

TOI 5:24xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 5.57CF/60 0.0SC±/60 -72.97G±/60 0.00CF% 0.0

Cole Schwindt

#79 · C

Luke Kunin

#71 · RW

TOI 7:02xGF/60 0.77xGA/60 3.59CF/60 9.0SC±/60 -27.00G±/60 0.00CF% 12.5

Defense

Pair 1

Gustav Forsling

#42 · LD

TOI 27:16xGF/60 3.35xGA/60 3.12CF/60 53.3SC±/60 -9.99G±/60 0.00CF% 45.7xGF% 51.8

Aaron Ekblad

#5 · RD

TOI 20:57xGF/60 3.88xGA/60 4.06CF/60 57.9SC±/60 -21.71G±/60 -3.62CF% 41.0xGF% 48.8

Pair 2

Niko Mikkola

#77 · LD

TOI 21:00xGF/60 2.20xGA/60 2.56CF/60 37.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 37.0xGF% 46.2

Uvis Balinskis

#26 · RD

TOI 24:07xGF/60 2.65xGA/60 0.98CF/60 45.7SC±/60 +17.58G±/60 +3.52CF% 59.1xGF% 73.1

Pair 3

Tobias Bjornfot

#22 · LD

TOI 6:40xGF/60 5.19xGA/60 2.36CF/60 99.5SC±/60 +66.36G±/60 0.00CF% 75.0

Jeff Petry

#2 · RD

TOI 12:22xGF/60 2.42xGA/60 1.52CF/60 34.8SC±/60 +20.89G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 61.4

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Sergei Bobrovsky [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 29]
G2	Daniil Tarasov

MIN Home

Forwards

Line 1

Kirill Kaprizov

#97 · LW

TOI 25:32xGF/60 4.52xGA/60 3.55CF/60 89.6SC±/60 +8.96G±/60 +2.99CF% 60.0xGF% 56.0

Ryan Hartman

#38 · C

TOI 17:50xGF/60 5.62xGA/60 4.13CF/60 93.1SC±/60 +20.69G±/60 -5.17CF% 58.1xGF% 57.6

Mats Zuccarello

#36 · RW

TOI 22:46xGF/60 5.91xGA/60 2.90CF/60 118.3SC±/60 +51.43G±/60 +5.15CF% 74.2xGF% 67.1

Line 2

Marcus Johansson

#90 · LW

TOI 15:00xGF/60 1.86xGA/60 1.17CF/60 48.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 56.3xGF% 61.4

Joel Eriksson Ek

#14 · C

TOI 18:14xGF/60 6.01xGA/60 5.38CF/60 128.4SC±/60 +15.56G±/60 +3.89CF% 57.9xGF% 52.8

Matt Boldy

#12 · RW

TOI 14:10xGF/60 3.37xGA/60 6.82CF/60 57.3SC±/60 -40.91G±/60 0.00CF% 38.9xGF% 33.1

Line 3

Marcus Foligno

#17 · LW

TOI 13:42xGF/60 0.37xGA/60 3.13CF/60 9.3SC±/60 -27.91G±/60 0.00CF% 20.0xGF% 10.6

Danila Yurov

#22 · C

TOI 12:32xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 7.70CF/60 8.0SC±/60 -80.35G±/60 0.00CF% 6.3xGF% 0.0

Vladimir Tarasenko

#91 · RW

TOI 14:10xGF/60 3.37xGA/60 6.82CF/60 57.3SC±/60 -40.91G±/60 0.00CF% 38.9xGF% 33.1

Line 4

Yakov Trenin

#13 · LW

TOI 9:45xGF/60 0.45xGA/60 6.99CF/60 16.4SC±/60 -65.60G±/60 -8.20CF% 13.3xGF% 6.1

Nico Sturm

#78 · C

TOI 8:51xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 2.83CF/60 7.6SC±/60 -38.05G±/60 -7.61CF% 16.7

Vinnie Hinostroza

#18 · RW

Defense

Pair 1

Quinn Hughes

#43 · LD

TOI 31:16xGF/60 2.48xGA/60 2.03CF/60 53.4SC±/60 +9.29G±/60 +2.33CF% 62.2xGF% 55.1

Brock Faber

#7 · RD

TOI 27:44xGF/60 1.37xGA/60 3.44CF/60 29.5SC±/60 -23.59G±/60 -8.85CF% 34.5xGF% 28.6

Pair 2

Jacob Middleton

#5 · LD

TOI 17:35xGF/60 0.62xGA/60 4.92CF/60 26.2SC±/60 -31.44G±/60 -5.24CF% 27.8xGF% 11.2

Jared Spurgeon

#46 · RD

TOI 18:47xGF/60 2.94xGA/60 3.74CF/60 51.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 44.0xGF% 44.0

Pair 3

Daemon Hunt

#48 · LD

TOI 10:39xGF/60 1.77xGA/60 2.27CF/60 38.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -6.45CF% 54.5xGF% 43.9

David Jiricek

TOI 7:24xGF/60 1.15xGA/60 4.11CF/60 32.4SC±/60 -32.43G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 21.9

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Filip Gustavsson [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 100]
G2	Jesper Wallstedt

Injuries

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

FLO

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Aleksander Barkov	NA	16	IR	IR
Dmitry Kulikov	NA	7	IR	IR
Jonah Gadjovich	NA	12	IR	IR
Seth Jones	NA	3	IR	IR
Brad Marchand	NA	63	IR	IR
Tomas Nosek	NA	92	OUT	OUT

MIN

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Zach Bogosian	NA	24	IR	IR
Jonas Brodin	NA	25	IR	IR

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