VAN @ SJS Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-11 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-11 04:00:44

VAN @ SJS

Venue: SAP Center

Puck drop: Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:00pm EDT

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

Game Preview

VAN (last 10)

Record 1-9-0
Streak L4
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 4.7
Power play 9/23 (39.1%)
Last game L vs LAK (1–4)

SJS (last 10)

Record 5-4-1
Streak L2
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.9 · 3.7
Power play 7/24 (29.2%)
Last game L vs ANA (1–6)

Recent meetings:

2026-01-27 SJS 5 @ VAN 2
2025-12-27 SJS 6 @ VAN 3
2025-11-28 VAN 2 @ SJS 3

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

VAN

Brock Boeser 6 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
Theodor Blueger 5 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
Max Sasson 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG
Marcus Pettersson 4 pts · 2 G · 4 SOG

SJS

William Eklund 6 pts · 2 G · 7 SOG
Alexander Wennberg 4 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG
Macklin Celebrini 3 pts · 2 G · 17 SOG
Kiefer Sherwood 3 pts · 2 G · 7 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: VAN 3.04 · SJS 3.9 · Win odds: VAN 36.9% · SJS 63.1% · OT/SO chance: 15.2%

3-3 35.1%
2-4 33.9%
2-3 30.9%

Box Score

VAN 4 Final SJS 3

2026-04-11

Stat	VAN	SJS
Goals	4	3
Shots	41	31
Power Play	2/4 (50.0%)	0/2 (0.0%)
PIM	4	8
Faceoffs	33 / 25	25 / 33
Blocks	12	13
Saves	28	38

VAN Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Jake DeBrusk	1	0	1
Marco Rossi	1	0	1
Theodor Blueger	1	0	1
Elias Pettersson	0	1	1
Filip Hronek	0	1	1
Linus Karlsson	0	1	1
Victor Mancini	0	1	1

SJS Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Igor Chernyshov	2	0	2
Tyler Toffoli	1	0	1
Macklin Celebrini	0	2	2
Dmitry Orlov	0	1	1
Michael Misa	0	1	1
Sam Dickinson	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-11

Final lineup

VAN Away

Forwards

Line 1

Drew O'Connor

#18 · LW

TOI 15:15xGF/60 3.03xGA/60 2.86CF/60 71.9SC±/60 -4.50G±/60 +4.50CF% 57.1xGF% 51.5

Elias Pettersson

#40 · C

TOI 18:33xGF/60 1.79xGA/60 3.16CF/60 46.1SC±/60 -37.72G±/60 -4.19CF% 44.0xGF% 36.1

Jake DeBrusk

#74 · RW

TOI 17:46xGF/60 5.57xGA/60 3.31CF/60 99.8SC±/60 +17.62G±/60 +5.87CF% 63.0xGF% 62.7

Line 2

Liam Ohgren

#92 · LW

TOI 17:11xGF/60 1.68xGA/60 4.07CF/60 43.3SC±/60 -43.32G±/60 -7.88CF% 39.3xGF% 29.2

Marco Rossi

#93 · C

TOI 18:52xGF/60 2.66xGA/60 3.88CF/60 71.3SC±/60 -35.64G±/60 +4.45CF% 47.1xGF% 40.7

Brock Boeser

#6 · RW

TOI 21:30xGF/60 1.36xGA/60 3.05CF/60 41.6SC±/60 -35.17G±/60 -3.19CF% 43.3xGF% 30.8

Line 3

Max Sasson

#63 · LW

TOI 12:24xGF/60 1.30xGA/60 3.59CF/60 44.8SC±/60 -14.92G±/60 0.00CF% 45.0xGF% 26.6

Theodor Blueger

#53 · C

TOI 16:15xGF/60 3.63xGA/60 3.04CF/60 63.3SC±/60 +8.44G±/60 +4.22CF% 55.6xGF% 54.4

Linus Karlsson

#94 · RW

TOI 13:48xGF/60 2.93xGA/60 1.14CF/60 60.9SC±/60 +8.70G±/60 +4.35CF% 66.7xGF% 71.9

Line 4

Ty Mueller

#39 · LW

TOI 13:02xGF/60 1.98xGA/60 3.69CF/60 50.6SC±/60 -4.61G±/60 0.00CF% 47.8xGF% 35.0

Aatu Raty

#54 · C

TOI 13:59xGF/60 2.06xGA/60 3.94CF/60 56.3SC±/60 -10.23G±/60 0.00CF% 45.8xGF% 34.3

Nils Höglander

#21 · RW

TOI 12:20xGF/60 6.32xGA/60 4.94CF/60 111.3SC±/60 +15.90G±/60 0.00CF% 58.3xGF% 56.1

Defense

Pair 1

Zeev Buium

#24 · LD

TOI 22:52xGF/60 2.71xGA/60 4.27CF/60 68.6SC±/60 -22.85G±/60 +3.81CF% 54.5xGF% 38.8

Filip Hronek

#17 · RD

TOI 30:55xGF/60 2.07xGA/60 3.64CF/60 47.9SC±/60 -23.97G±/60 0.00CF% 46.5xGF% 36.2

Pair 2

Marcus Pettersson

#29 · LD

TOI 21:47xGF/60 1.43xGA/60 3.73CF/60 39.0SC±/60 -25.97G±/60 -6.49CF% 34.3xGF% 27.7

Tom Willander

#5 · RD

TOI 18:45xGF/60 2.72xGA/60 4.72CF/60 66.1SC±/60 -23.59G±/60 -4.72CF% 42.4xGF% 36.6

Pair 3

Elias Nils Pettersson

#25 · LD

TOI 13:48xGF/60 4.07xGA/60 1.50CF/60 73.6SC±/60 +27.58G±/60 0.00CF% 72.7xGF% 73.1

Victor Mancini

#90 · RD

TOI 14:19xGF/60 3.74xGA/60 1.39CF/60 79.5SC±/60 +23.37G±/60 +4.68CF% 73.9xGF% 72.9

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Kevin Lankinen
G2	Jiri Patera

SJS Home

Forwards

Line 1

Collin Graf

#51 · LW

TOI 12:43xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 2.62CF/60 43.8SC±/60 +10.95G±/60 +5.47CF% 44.4xGF% 49.7

Macklin Celebrini

TOI 22:14xGF/60 3.54xGA/60 1.54CF/60 60.5SC±/60 +24.93G±/60 +3.56CF% 56.7xGF% 69.7

Will Smith

TOI 22:26xGF/60 3.15xGA/60 2.33CF/60 54.8SC±/60 +20.17G±/60 +5.76CF% 52.8xGF% 57.5

Line 2

William Eklund

#72 · LW

TOI 18:32xGF/60 2.77xGA/60 1.75CF/60 41.0SC±/60 +5.12G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 61.3

Alexander Wennberg

#21 · C

TOI 21:35xGF/60 4.20xGA/60 2.56CF/60 61.5SC±/60 +11.18G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 62.1

Kiefer Sherwood

#44 · RW

TOI 17:26xGF/60 7.67xGA/60 5.87CF/60 110.7SC±/60 +11.65G±/60 -11.65CF% 43.2xGF% 56.7

Line 3

Igor Chernyshov

#92 · LW

TOI 17:59xGF/60 3.66xGA/60 3.08CF/60 61.7SC±/60 +19.29G±/60 +3.86CF% 47.1xGF% 54.3

Michael Misa

#77 · C

TOI 11:58xGF/60 4.94xGA/60 2.79CF/60 71.3SC±/60 +35.65G±/60 +5.94CF% 57.1xGF% 63.9

Tyler Toffoli

#73 · RW

TOI 12:04xGF/60 10.01xGA/60 5.93CF/60 188.1SC±/60 +76.95G±/60 +8.55CF% 55.0xGF% 62.8

Line 4

Barclay Goodrow

#23 · LW

TOI 13:26xGF/60 0.79xGA/60 2.39CF/60 52.6SC±/60 -8.76G±/60 -17.52CF% 46.2

Zack Ostapchuk

#63 · C

TOI 10:51xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 2.74CF/60 8.5SC±/60 -34.04G±/60 -8.51CF% 14.3

Adam Gaudette

#81 · RW

TOI 9:18xGF/60 0.94xGA/60 4.21CF/60 62.8SC±/60 -31.40G±/60 -10.47CF% 46.2

Defense

Pair 1

Dmitry Orlov

#9 · LD

TOI 20:44xGF/60 3.39xGA/60 3.07CF/60 55.3SC±/60 +21.27G±/60 0.00CF% 43.3xGF% 52.4

Vincent Desharnais

#5 · RD

TOI 22:43xGF/60 2.65xGA/60 3.26CF/60 46.3SC±/60 +14.25G±/60 0.00CF% 38.2xGF% 44.9

Pair 2

Sam Dickinson

#6 · LD

TOI 17:02xGF/60 3.24xGA/60 3.50CF/60 63.4SC±/60 -3.52G±/60 0.00CF% 48.6xGF% 48.1

Nick Leddy

#4 · RD

TOI 16:22xGF/60 6.37xGA/60 4.21CF/60 115.5SC±/60 +6.08G±/60 -6.08CF% 57.6xGF% 60.2

Pair 3

Mario Ferraro

#38 · LD

TOI 24:27xGF/60 3.74xGA/60 1.96CF/60 64.0SC±/60 +26.97G±/60 0.00CF% 52.8xGF% 65.7

Shakir Mukhamadullin

#85 · RD

TOI 19:07xGF/60 4.33xGA/60 2.62CF/60 68.7SC±/60 +18.32G±/60 +4.58CF% 51.7xGF% 62.3

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Yaroslav Askarov
G2	Alex Nedeljkovic

Injuries

As of 2026-04-11

VAN

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Filip Chytil	C	72	face	OUT
Thatcher Demko	G	35	lower body	OUT
Derek Forbort	D	27	undisclosed	OUT
Evander Kane	LW	91	upper body	QUESTIONABLE
Kevin Lankinen	G	32	undisclosed	QUESTIONABLE

SJS

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Ryan Reaves	RW	75	hand	OUT

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