ANA @ MIN Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-14 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-14 04:00:11

ANA @ MIN

Venue: Grand Casino Arena

Puck drop: Tue Apr 14, 2026 8:00pm EDT

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


Game Preview

ANA (last 10)
  • Record 3-5-2
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.1 · 3.9
  • Power play 8/37 (21.6%)
  • Last game OTL vs VAN (3–4)
MIN (last 10)
  • Record 5-5-0
  • Streak L3
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.6 · 3.6
  • Power play 8/25 (32%)
  • Last game L vs STL (3–6)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-01-02 MIN 5 @ ANA 2
  • 2025-11-15 ANA 0 @ MIN 2

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

ANA
  • Mason McTavish 4 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG
  • Leo Carlsson 3 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
  • John Carlson 3 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
  • Beckett Sennecke 3 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
MIN
  • Matthew Boldy 6 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Kirill Kaprizov 5 pts · 5 G · 14 SOG
  • Mats Zuccarello 5 pts · 0 G · 2 SOG
  • Joel Eriksson Ek 4 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: ANA 3.33 · MIN 3.92 · Win odds: ANA 41.4% · MIN 58.6% · OT/SO chance: 14.4%

  • 3-4 36.7%
  • 3-3 32.1%
  • 2-3 31.2%

Box Score

ANA 2 Final MIN 3

2026-04-14

Stat ANA MIN
Goals23
Shots3720
Power Play 1/3 (33.3%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM48
Faceoffs31 / 2727 / 31
Blocks716
Saves1735
ANA Scorers
GAPTS
Mason McTavish 2 0 2
Cutter Gauthier 0 1 1
Jackson LaCombe 0 1 1
Mikael Granlund 0 1 1
Ryan Poehling 0 1 1
MIN Scorers
GAPTS
Danila Yurov 1 0 1
Hunter Haight 1 0 1
Robby Fabbri 1 0 1
Ben Jones 0 1 1
Marcus Johansson 0 1 1
Nick Foligno 0 1 1
Nicolas Aube-Kubel 0 1 1
Vladimir Tarasenko 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

ANA Away

Forwards

Line 1
Chris Kreider
#20 · LW
Leo Carlsson
#91 · C
TOI 21:00xGF/60 4.23xGA/60 2.97CF/60 70.4SC±/60 +17.60G±/60 0.00CF% 54.1xGF% 58.7
Troy Terry
#19 · RW
TOI 17:54xGF/60 5.21xGA/60 2.52CF/60 86.5SC±/60 +34.62G±/60 0.00CF% 60.6xGF% 67.4
Line 2
Alex Killorn
#17 · LW
TOI 20:24xGF/60 5.80xGA/60 3.84CF/60 113.8SC±/60 +14.23G±/60 0.00CF% 61.5xGF% 60.2
Mikael Granlund
#64 · C
TOI 20:53xGF/60 4.92xGA/60 2.21CF/60 103.9SC±/60 +35.96G±/60 0.00CF% 72.2xGF% 69.0
Beckett Sennecke
#45 · RW
TOI 18:33xGF/60 3.94xGA/60 2.64CF/60 84.3SC±/60 +16.06G±/60 0.00CF% 63.6xGF% 59.9
Line 3
Jeffrey Viel
#28 · LW
TOI 11:16xGF/60 5.93xGA/60 1.45CF/60 102.7SC±/60 +43.99G±/60 0.00CF% 70.0xGF% 80.3
Mason McTavish
#23 · C
TOI 17:36xGF/60 4.58xGA/60 1.56CF/60 84.8SC±/60 +50.88G±/60 -4.24CF% 71.4xGF% 74.6
Cutter Gauthier
#61 · RW
TOI 18:14xGF/60 2.31xGA/60 3.46CF/60 41.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -9.29CF% 42.9xGF% 40.0
Line 4
Tim Washe
#42 · LW
TOI 9:48xGF/60 1.95xGA/60 2.61CF/60 41.0SC±/60 +6.84G±/60 -13.66CF% 46.2xGF% 42.8
Ryan Poehling
#25 · C
TOI 14:48xGF/60 2.80xGA/60 2.76CF/60 53.9SC±/60 +8.98G±/60 -8.98CF% 54.5xGF% 50.3
Ian Moore
#3 · RW
TOI 7:27xGF/60 2.10xGA/60 2.28CF/60 52.8SC±/60 +21.12G±/60 -10.56CF% 50.0

Defense

Pair 1
Jackson Lacombe
#2 · LD
TOI 24:14xGF/60 4.21xGA/60 3.65CF/60 71.0SC±/60 +9.68G±/60 -6.46CF% 53.7xGF% 53.6
Jacob Trouba
#65 · RD
TOI 19:22xGF/60 3.59xGA/60 4.13CF/60 70.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -7.84CF% 50.0xGF% 46.5
Pair 2
Pavel Mintyukov
#98 · LD
TOI 17:44xGF/60 2.32xGA/60 1.48CF/60 52.4SC±/60 +17.48G±/60 -3.50CF% 62.5xGF% 61.0
John Carlson
#74 · RD
TOI 21:43xGF/60 4.03xGA/60 2.01CF/60 88.8SC±/60 +36.32G±/60 -4.04CF% 68.8xGF% 66.7
Pair 3
Tyson Hinds
#60 · LD
TOI 15:06xGF/60 3.99xGA/60 2.45CF/60 71.9SC±/60 +16.92G±/60 0.00CF% 56.7xGF% 62.0
Radko Gudas
#7 · RD

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Lukas Dostal [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 44]
G2 Ville Husso

MIN Home

Forwards

Line 1
Yakov Trenin
#13 · LW
TOI 15:49xGF/60 4.32xGA/60 5.25CF/60 71.4SC±/60 -32.43G±/60 0.00CF% 45.8xGF% 45.2
Danila Yurov
#22 · C
TOI 16:54xGF/60 3.15xGA/60 3.53CF/60 57.0SC±/60 -8.15G±/60 +8.14CF% 41.2xGF% 47.2
Vladimir Tarasenko
#91 · RW
TOI 16:17xGF/60 3.83xGA/60 4.87CF/60 72.0SC±/60 -18.00G±/60 +6.00CF% 42.9xGF% 44.0
Line 2
Marcus Johansson
#90 · LW
TOI 13:34xGF/60 2.32xGA/60 1.46CF/60 64.6SC±/60 +6.47G±/60 +6.46CF% 66.7xGF% 61.4
Hunter Haight
#37 · C
TOI 12:57xGF/60 4.70xGA/60 7.32CF/60 106.2SC±/60 -47.22G±/60 +5.90CF% 45.0xGF% 39.1
Bobby Brink
#10 · RW
TOI 17:03xGF/60 3.86xGA/60 4.69CF/60 76.9SC±/60 -25.62G±/60 +6.41CF% 42.9xGF% 45.2
Line 3
Nico Sturm
#78 · LW
TOI 13:56xGF/60 4.84xGA/60 2.60CF/60 76.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 60.0xGF% 65.1
Michael McCarron
#47 · C
TOI 14:23xGF/60 3.48xGA/60 4.14CF/60 59.5SC±/60 -14.88G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 45.7
Nick Foligno
#71 · RW
TOI 15:48xGF/60 2.89xGA/60 3.41CF/60 64.3SC±/60 -5.85G±/60 +5.84CF% 55.0xGF% 45.9
Line 4
Robby Fabbri
#21 · LW
TOI 12:08xGF/60 3.14xGA/60 7.24CF/60 55.8SC±/60 -45.64G±/60 +5.07CF% 28.9xGF% 30.3
Ben Jones
#39 · C
TOI 13:23xGF/60 2.34xGA/60 5.80CF/60 43.8SC±/60 -37.50G±/60 +6.25CF% 29.2xGF% 28.8
Nicolas Aube-Kubel
#16 · RW
TOI 11:58xGF/60 2.40xGA/60 8.60CF/60 45.9SC±/60 -65.57G±/60 +6.56CF% 21.9xGF% 21.8

Defense

Pair 1
Daemon Hunt
#48 · LD
TOI 21:01xGF/60 2.60xGA/60 5.58CF/60 54.6SC±/60 -50.35G±/60 0.00CF% 35.1xGF% 31.8
Jared Spurgeon
#46 · RD
Pair 2
Jacob Middleton
#5 · LD
TOI 18:43xGF/60 4.72xGA/60 4.49CF/60 81.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +5.09CF% 45.7xGF% 51.3
Jeff Petry
RD
TOI 20:06xGF/60 3.53xGA/60 4.66CF/60 63.5SC±/60 -14.65G±/60 +4.88CF% 43.3xGF% 43.1
Pair 3
Viking Gustafsson Nyberg
#6 · LD
TOI 20:38xGF/60 1.85xGA/60 2.63CF/60 36.2SC±/60 -6.58G±/60 +6.58CF% 40.7xGF% 41.3
Matt Kiersted
#26 · RD
TOI 20:19xGF/60 1.96xGA/60 3.53CF/60 40.3SC±/60 -20.13G±/60 +6.71CF% 37.5xGF% 35.7

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jesper Wallstedt [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 50]
G2 Filip Gustavsson

Injuries

As of 2026-04-14 11:52PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

ANA

Player Pos # Description Status
Petr Mrazek NA 34 IR IR
Jansen Harkins NA 24 DTD DTD

MIN

Player Pos # Description Status
Zach Bogosian NA 24 OUT OUT
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