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
Goals12
Shots3121
Power Play 0/2 (0.0%) 2/2 (100.0%)
PIM44
Faceoffs24 / 1717 / 24
Blocks1017
Saves1930
CBJ Scorers
GAPTS
Adam Fantilli 1 0 1
Mason Marchment 0 1 1
FLO Scorers
GAPTS
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

SlotGoalie
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
RW
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
RW

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
RD
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

SlotGoalie
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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