NSH @ VAN Gameday Thread

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

NSH @ VAN

Venue: Rogers Arena

Puck drop: Thu Mar 12, 2026 10:00pm EDT

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


Game Preview

NSH (last 10)
  • Record 4-4-2
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.5 · 3.5
  • Power play 9/27 (33.3%)
  • Last game W vs SEA (4–2)
VAN (last 10)
  • Record 1-6-3
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.2 · 4.1
  • Power play 3/21 (14.3%)
  • Last game L vs OTT (0–2)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-11-03 VAN 5 @ NSH 4 OT/SO
  • 2025-10-23 VAN 1 @ NSH 2

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

NSH
  • Filip Forsberg 5 pts · 3 G · 21 SOG
  • Steven Stamkos 5 pts · 1 G · 7 SOG
  • Matthew Wood 4 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
  • Ryan O'Reilly 4 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
VAN
  • Filip Hronek 4 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG
  • Jake DeBrusk 4 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG
  • Linus Karlsson 4 pts · 1 G · 3 SOG
  • Brock Boeser 3 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: NSH 3.77 · VAN 2.92 · Win odds: NSH 62.8% · VAN 37.2% · OT/SO chance: 14.9%

  • 4-2 33.8%
  • 3-2 33.3%
  • 3-3 33%

Box Score

NSH 3 Final VAN 4

2026-03-12

Stat NSH VAN
Goals34
Shots1927
Power Play 0/2 (0.0%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM46
Faceoffs16 / 2323 / 16
Blocks1611
Saves2416
NSH Scorers
GAPTS
Tyson Jost 2 0 2
Matthew Wood 1 0 1
Fedor Svechkov 0 1 1
Justin Barron 0 1 1
Roman Josi 0 1 1
Ryan Ufko 0 1 1
VAN Scorers
GAPTS
Marco Rossi 1 2 3
Brock Boeser 1 1 2
Filip Hronek 1 1 2
Liam Ohgren 0 1 1

Lineups

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

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

NSH Away

Forwards

Line 1
Steven Stamkos
#91 · LW
TOI 20:46xGF/60 2.22xGA/60 7.50CF/60 42.5SC±/60 -54.64G±/60 -6.07CF% 24.1xGF% 22.8
Ryan O'Reilly
#90 · C
TOI 23:14xGF/60 1.32xGA/60 3.93CF/60 25.5SC±/60 -25.48G±/60 -3.64CF% 23.3xGF% 25.1
Jonathan Marchessault
#81 · RW
TOI 17:00xGF/60 1.72xGA/60 5.90CF/60 38.3SC±/60 -44.68G±/60 -6.38CF% 24.0xGF% 22.6
Line 2
Filip Forsberg
#9 · LW
TOI 21:51xGF/60 0.83xGA/60 2.72CF/60 24.7SC±/60 -15.43G±/60 0.00CF% 28.6xGF% 23.3
Erik Haula
#56 · C
TOI 19:00xGF/60 2.06xGA/60 4.74CF/60 47.0SC±/60 -25.63G±/60 0.00CF% 36.7xGF% 30.3
Luke Evangelista
#77 · RW
TOI 21:12xGF/60 2.13xGA/60 4.96CF/60 45.7SC±/60 -24.61G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 30.0
Line 3
Reid Schaefer
#49 · LW
TOI 7:07xGF/60 3.75xGA/60 2.26CF/60 57.1SC±/60 +9.52G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 62.4
Matthew Wood
#71 · C
TOI 10:48xGF/60 3.21xGA/60 1.97CF/60 44.4SC±/60 +16.67G±/60 +5.56CF% 50.0xGF% 62.0
Zachary L'Heureux
#68 · RW
TOI 8:38xGF/60 3.86xGA/60 2.26CF/60 47.9SC±/60 +7.98G±/60 +7.98CF% 46.2xGF% 63.1
Line 4
Tyson Jost
#17 · LW
TOI 13:00xGF/60 3.58xGA/60 3.37CF/60 60.9SC±/60 +12.18G±/60 +6.09CF% 47.6xGF% 51.5
Fedor Svechkov
#40 · C
TOI 14:24xGF/60 3.33xGA/60 3.14CF/60 56.6SC±/60 +11.32G±/60 +5.66CF% 47.6xGF% 51.5
Ozzy Wiesblatt
#89 · RW
TOI 12:21xGF/60 3.45xGA/60 2.66CF/60 58.6SC±/60 +29.31G±/60 +11.73CF% 55.6xGF% 56.4

Defense

Pair 1
Brady Skjei
#76 · LD
TOI 23:48xGF/60 2.51xGA/60 4.14CF/60 37.9SC±/60 -34.42G±/60 0.00CF% 28.9xGF% 37.7
Roman Josi
#59 · RD
TOI 28:35xGF/60 2.55xGA/60 4.72CF/60 40.7SC±/60 -25.07G±/60 +3.13CF% 28.9xGF% 35.1
Pair 2
Nicolas Hague
#41 · LD
TOI 22:47xGF/60 2.20xGA/60 4.05CF/60 43.4SC±/60 -11.57G±/60 0.00CF% 39.5xGF% 35.2
Nick Perbix
#48 · RD
TOI 20:01xGF/60 0.75xGA/60 2.12CF/60 31.7SC±/60 +10.57G±/60 -3.52CF% 42.9xGF% 26.2
Pair 3
Justin Barron
#20 · LD
TOI 14:33xGF/60 4.63xGA/60 4.97CF/60 65.5SC±/60 -16.36G±/60 +5.46CF% 42.9xGF% 48.2
Ryan Ufko
RD
TOI 13:55xGF/60 1.51xGA/60 1.83CF/60 34.5SC±/60 +17.25G±/60 +4.31CF% 44.4xGF% 45.3

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Juuse Saros [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 64]
G2 Justus Annunen

VAN Home

Forwards

Line 1
Evander Kane
#91 · LW
TOI 17:44xGF/60 4.96xGA/60 2.48CF/60 93.7SC±/60 +4.93G±/60 0.00CF% 59.4xGF% 66.6
Elias Pettersson
#40 · C
TOI 19:36xGF/60 4.20xGA/60 1.10CF/60 76.7SC±/60 +16.68G±/60 0.00CF% 65.7xGF% 79.3
Drew O'Connor
#18 · RW
TOI 18:40xGF/60 4.75xGA/60 1.17CF/60 85.9SC±/60 +32.21G±/60 0.00CF% 72.7xGF% 80.2
Line 2
Liam Ohgren
#92 · LW
TOI 16:47xGF/60 1.78xGA/60 2.12CF/60 45.9SC±/60 +11.46G±/60 0.00CF% 60.0xGF% 45.7
Marco Rossi
#93 · C
TOI 14:08xGF/60 3.31xGA/60 2.15CF/60 72.5SC±/60 +22.29G±/60 +5.58CF% 65.0xGF% 60.7
Brock Boeser
#6 · RW
TOI 18:26xGF/60 5.64xGA/60 2.02CF/60 101.7SC±/60 +36.33G±/60 +3.64CF% 71.8xGF% 73.6
Line 3
Max Sasson
#63 · LW
TOI 15:58xGF/60 1.53xGA/60 0.83CF/60 43.3SC±/60 +4.33G±/60 0.00CF% 66.7xGF% 65.0
Teddy Blueger
#53 · C
TOI 19:16xGF/60 1.62xGA/60 1.49CF/60 45.7SC±/60 +7.02G±/60 -3.51CF% 65.0xGF% 52.1
Linus Karlsson
#94 · RW
TOI 14:40xGF/60 1.96xGA/60 1.67CF/60 66.8SC±/60 +11.13G±/60 -5.56CF% 70.6xGF% 54.0
Line 4
Curtis Douglas
LW
TOI 9:53xGF/60 2.99xGA/60 5.97CF/60 43.5SC±/60 -43.48G±/60 -8.70CF% 35.7xGF% 33.4
Aatu Raty
#54 · C
TOI 10:15xGF/60 4.51xGA/60 4.41CF/60 70.5SC±/60 -7.05G±/60 -7.05CF% 58.8xGF% 50.6
Jake DeBrusk
#74 · RW
TOI 11:25xGF/60 3.15xGA/60 3.84CF/60 44.8SC±/60 -22.39G±/60 -5.60CF% 47.1xGF% 45.1

Defense

Pair 1
Elias Nils Pettersson
#25 · LD
TOI 17:14xGF/60 3.16xGA/60 1.94CF/60 57.9SC±/60 -7.23G±/60 0.00CF% 59.3xGF% 62.0
Filip Hronek
#17 · RD
TOI 29:03xGF/60 4.21xGA/60 1.02CF/60 79.4SC±/60 +22.67G±/60 +4.53CF% 77.8xGF% 80.5
Pair 2
Marcus Pettersson
#29 · LD
TOI 24:54xGF/60 2.28xGA/60 1.74CF/60 54.0SC±/60 +2.85G±/60 -2.84CF% 61.3xGF% 56.8
Tom Willander
#5 · RD
TOI 23:04xGF/60 1.81xGA/60 1.80CF/60 41.3SC±/60 +2.75G±/60 -2.75CF% 53.6xGF% 50.0
Pair 3
Zeev Buium
#24 · LD
TOI 18:44xGF/60 4.68xGA/60 2.34CF/60 85.8SC±/60 +36.30G±/60 0.00CF% 70.3xGF% 66.6
Victor Mancini
#90 · RD
TOI 12:20xGF/60 2.16xGA/60 3.67CF/60 43.8SC±/60 -14.60G±/60 -9.73CF% 45.0xGF% 37.1

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Nikita Tolopilo [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 14]
G2 Kevin Lankinen

Injuries

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

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

NSH

Player Pos # Description Status
Adam Wilsby NA 83 DTD DTD

VAN

Player Pos # Description Status
Thatcher Demko NA 35 IR IR
Derek Forbort NA 27 IR IR
Pierre-Olivier Joseph NA 7 IR IR
Filip Chytil NA 72 OUT OUT
Evander Kane NA 91 DTD DTD
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