FLO @ ANA Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-04 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-04 04:01:16

FLO @ ANA

Venue: Honda Center

Puck drop: Sun Oct 4, 2026 8:00pm EDT

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

Game Preview

FLO (last 10)

Record 5-3-2
Streak L1
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.3 · 3.2
Power play 3/26 (11.5%)
Last game OTL vs SJS (3–4)

ANA (last 10)

Record 3-5-2
Streak W2
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 4
Power play 7/37 (18.9%)
Last game W vs VGK (4–3)

Recent meetings:

2025-11-04 FLO 3 @ ANA 7
2025-10-28 ANA 3 @ FLO 2 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

FLO

Eetu Luostarinen 6 pts · 3 G · 6 SOG
Cole Reinhardt 5 pts · 4 G · 6 SOG
Mackie Samoskevich 5 pts · 2 G · 4 SOG
Luke Kunin 4 pts · 2 G · 5 SOG

ANA

Mikael Granlund 7 pts · 0 G · 9 SOG
Leo Carlsson 5 pts · 3 G · 21 SOG
Cutter Gauthier 5 pts · 3 G · 19 SOG
John Carlson 5 pts · 3 G · 6 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: FLO 3.62 · ANA 3.36 · Win odds: FLO 54.5% · ANA 45.5% · OT/SO chance: 15.7%

3-3 36.8%
4-3 32.4%
2-3 30.8%

Box Score

FLO 2 Final ANA 3

2026-10-04

Stat	FLO	ANA
Goals	2	3
Shots	31	20
Power Play	0/4 (0.0%)	3/4 (75.0%)
PIM	8	8
Faceoffs	32 / 26	26 / 32
Blocks	11	20
Saves	17	29

FLO Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Brad Marchand	1	0	1
Carter Verhaeghe	1	0	1
Lars Eller	0	1	1
Matthew Tkachuk	0	1	1
Sam Bennett	0	1	1

ANA Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Cutter Gauthier	2	1	3
Mikael Granlund	1	0	1
Leo Carlsson	0	3	3
Beckett Sennecke	0	1	1
Jackson LaCombe	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-04 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

FLO Away

Forwards

Line 1

Brady Tkachuk

#8 · LW

TOI 19:37xGF/60 4.19xGA/60 4.40CF/60 56.6SC±/60 -14.15G±/60 +4.72CF% 86.7xGF% 100.0

Lars Eller

#20 · C

TOI 14:57xGF/60 3.64xGA/60 2.18CF/60 65.5SC±/60 +4.68G±/60 0.00CF% 83.3xGF% 86.8

Sam Reinhart

#13 · RW

TOI 23:33xGF/60 3.92xGA/60 3.33CF/60 55.3SC±/60 -11.85G±/60 +3.95CF% 61.9xGF% 66.3

Line 2

Carter Verhaeghe

#23 · LW

TOI 17:14xGF/60 2.60xGA/60 2.24CF/60 41.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.18CF% 50.0xGF% 53.9

Sam Bennett

#9 · C

TOI 20:49xGF/60 2.17xGA/60 2.17CF/60 35.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +3.50CF% 53.6xGF% 54.2

Matthew Tkachuk

#19 · RW

TOI 22:47xGF/60 2.74xGA/60 2.32CF/60 44.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.41CF% 55.2xGF% 56.2

Line 3

Eetu Luostarinen

#27 · LW

TOI 16:28xGF/60 5.43xGA/60 3.44CF/60 72.6SC±/60 +14.51G±/60 0.00CF% 52.2xGF% 52.1

Anton Lundell

#15 · C

TOI 20:43xGF/60 5.71xGA/60 5.48CF/60 82.5SC±/60 +10.32G±/60 0.00CF% 59.1xGF% 65.1

Sandis Vilmanis

#95 · RW

TOI 12:19xGF/60 5.00xGA/60 5.21CF/60 68.8SC±/60 +19.65G±/60 0.00CF% 68.2xGF% 72.7

Line 4

Bokondji Imama

#14 · LW

TOI 5:16xGF/60 2.14xGA/60 2.96CF/60 68.4SC±/60 +11.39G±/60 -11.39CF% 70.0

Sam Lafferty

#18 · C

TOI 8:44xGF/60 0.58xGA/60 2.60CF/60 20.6SC±/60 -13.74G±/60 0.00

Garnet Hathaway

#21 · RW

TOI 6:03xGF/60 2.69xGA/60 2.54CF/60 85.7SC±/60 +14.28G±/60 -14.29CF% 81.8xGF% 86.8

Defense

Pair 1

Gustav Forsling

#42 · LD

TOI 22:40xGF/60 1.92xGA/60 2.11CF/60 37.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 47.1xGF% 45.6

Aaron Ekblad

#5 · RD

TOI 21:33xGF/60 1.74xGA/60 3.03CF/60 33.6SC±/60 -16.78G±/60 +4.20

Pair 2

Niko Mikkola

#77 · LD

TOI 22:42xGF/60 3.55xGA/60 3.79CF/60 59.5SC±/60 -5.95G±/60 +2.98CF% 62.5xGF% 66.7

Seth Jones

#3 · RD

TOI 27:43xGF/60 4.23xGA/60 3.50CF/60 61.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +3.22CF% 53.8xGF% 51.8

Pair 3

Dmitry Kulikov

#7 · LD

TOI 17:28xGF/60 2.05xGA/60 3.19CF/60 31.8SC±/60 -7.95G±/60 +3.98CF% 56.7xGF% 55.3

Radko Gudas

#6 · RD

TOI 13:31xGF/60 5.36xGA/60 3.51CF/60 83.4SC±/60 +29.43G±/60 -4.90CF% 74.1xGF% 83.6

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Jacob Markstrom [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 50]
G2	Akira Schmid

ANA Home

Forwards

Line 1

A.J. Greer

#18 · LW

Leo Carlsson

#91 · C

TOI 18:32xGF/60 4.06xGA/60 1.10CF/60 83.0SC±/60 +26.21G±/60 0.00CF% 43.8xGF% 41.7

Cutter Gauthier

#61 · RW

TOI 18:19xGF/60 4.26xGA/60 2.60CF/60 105.0SC±/60 +9.55G±/60 +4.78CF% 42.9xGF% 42.1

Line 2

Beckett Sennecke

#45 · LW

TOI 10:58xGF/60 1.17xGA/60 4.08CF/60 26.8SC±/60 -66.92G±/60 -6.69CF% 26.9xGF% 20.6

Mikael Granlund

#64 · C

TOI 18:08xGF/60 4.44xGA/60 3.29CF/60 79.0SC±/60 -4.94G±/60 +4.94CF% 29.4xGF% 22.2

Alex Killorn

#17 · RW

TOI 19:39xGF/60 2.57xGA/60 2.08CF/60 46.7SC±/60 -3.90G±/60 +3.90CF% 20.0xGF% 7.7

Line 3

Nikita Nesterenko

#13 · LW

TOI 11:27xGF/60 1.35xGA/60 0.37CF/60 35.0SC±/60 +23.34G±/60 0.00CF% 64.3xGF% 61.5

Ryan Poehling

#25 · C

TOI 17:36xGF/60 3.38xGA/60 2.38CF/60 87.2SC±/60 +13.08G±/60 +4.36CF% 60.0xGF% 61.5

Frank Vatrano

#77 · RW

TOI 8:31xGF/60 2.35xGA/60 3.44CF/60 49.3SC±/60 +8.22G±/60 -8.22

Line 4

Jeff Malott

#39 · LW

TOI 8:08xGF/60 0.59xGA/60 2.74CF/60 28.6SC±/60 -9.52G±/60 -9.52CF% 33.3xGF% 33.6

Tim Washe

#42 · C

TOI 10:30xGF/60 1.60xGA/60 3.75CF/60 33.5SC±/60 -26.82G±/60 0.00CF% 16.7xGF% 15.8

Judd Caulfield

TOI 9:49xGF/60 1.25xGA/60 3.09CF/60 18.3SC±/60 -12.23G±/60 0.00CF% 30.0xGF% 28.8

Defense

Pair 1

Jackson Lacombe

#2 · LD

TOI 26:27xGF/60 4.56xGA/60 1.26CF/60 78.6SC±/60 +31.44G±/60 0.00CF% 45.9xGF% 36.7

Tristan Luneau

#67 · RD

TOI 11:37xGF/60 8.58xGA/60 2.93CF/60 173.8SC±/60 +65.19G±/60 +14.49CF% 43.6xGF% 32.2

Pair 2

Pavel Mintyukov

#98 · LD

TOI 15:47xGF/60 0.80xGA/60 3.53CF/60 37.4SC±/60 -41.57G±/60 0.00CF% 13.6xGF% 17.1

Travis Mitchell

#34 · RD

TOI 15:04xGF/60 1.93xGA/60 2.83CF/60 42.6SC±/60 -25.53G±/60 +4.26CF% 13.3xGF% 15.4

Pair 3

Tyson Hinds

#55 · LD

TOI 13:41xGF/60 4.78xGA/60 2.80CF/60 102.6SC±/60 +9.77G±/60 +9.77CF% 45.8xGF% 53.4

Noah Warren

TOI 15:57xGF/60 3.80xGA/60 2.97CF/60 52.2SC±/60 -8.69G±/60 0.00CF% 48.0xGF% 56.2

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Lukas Dostal [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 20]
G2	Ville Husso

Injuries

As of 2026-10-04 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

FLO

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Aleksander Barkov	NA	16	IR	IR
Jonah Gadjovich	NA	12	OUT	OUT
Brad Marchand	NA	63	OUT	OUT
Gustav Forsling	NA	42	DTD	DTD

ANA

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Troy Terry	NA	19	IR	IR
Ian Moore	NA	3	IR	IR
Drew Helleson	NA	14	IR	IR

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