TOR @ CBJ Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-20 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-20 04:00:10

TOR @ CBJ

Venue: Nationwide Arena

Puck drop: Tue Oct 20, 2026 7:00pm EDT

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

Game Preview

TOR (last 10)

Record 3-5-2
Streak L4
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.9 · 3.1
Power play 8/30 (26.7%)
Last game L vs SJS (0–0)

CBJ (last 10)

Record 3-7-0
Streak L1
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 3
Power play 3/25 (12%)
Last game L vs MIN (1–2)

Recent meetings:

2025-11-26 TOR 2 @ CBJ 1 OT/SO
2025-11-20 CBJ 3 @ TOR 2 OT/SO
2025-10-29 TOR 3 @ CBJ 6

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

TOR

Auston Matthews 9 pts · 5 G · 14 SOG
William Nylander 7 pts · 2 G · 17 SOG
Kirill Marchenko 6 pts · 3 G · 12 SOG
John Tavares 4 pts · 1 G · 3 SOG

CBJ

Cole Sillinger 4 pts · 2 G · 5 SOG
Damon Severson 4 pts · 1 G · 5 SOG
Zach Werenski 4 pts · 0 G · 12 SOG
Kent Johnson 3 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: TOR 2.95 · CBJ 2.91 · Win odds: TOR 49.3% · CBJ 50.7% · OT/SO chance: 17.2%

3-3 34.5%
2-3 33.6%
2-2 31.9%

Box Score

TOR 6 Final CBJ 2

2026-10-20

Stat	TOR	CBJ
Goals	6	2
Shots	22	37
Power Play	1/5 (20.0%)	0/6 (0.0%)
PIM	27	15
Faceoffs	30 / 27	27 / 30
Blocks	15	5
Saves	35	16

TOR Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Easton Cowan	1	2	3
Jack Roslovic	1	2	3
Auston Matthews	1	1	2
William Nylander	1	1	2
Kirill Marchenko	1	0	1
Marshall Rifai	1	0	1
Morgan Rielly	0	3	3
Colton Sissons	0	1	1
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	0	1	1

CBJ Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Charlie Coyle	1	0	1
Jake Christiansen	1	0	1
Cole Sillinger	0	1	1
Dmitri Voronkov	0	1	1
Emil Andrae	0	1	1
Valeri Nichushkin	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-20 11:30PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

TOR Away

Forwards

Line 1

Easton Cowan

#53 · LW

TOI 13:38xGF/60 3.64xGA/60 4.77CF/60 53.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.92CF% 40.9xGF% 43.2

Auston Matthews

#34 · C

TOI 17:06xGF/60 4.13xGA/60 3.79CF/60 47.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -4.74CF% 41.7xGF% 52.1

Jack Roslovic

#96 · RW

TOI 15:42xGF/60 3.96xGA/60 3.19CF/60 50.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -4.55CF% 44.0xGF% 55.4

Line 2

Kirill Marchenko

#86 · LW

TOI 19:17xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 3.17CF/60 28.2SC±/60 -4.03G±/60 0.00CF% 30.4xGF% 45.0

Nick Paul

#20 · C

TOI 16:50xGF/60 3.20xGA/60 3.23CF/60 34.9SC±/60 -9.96G±/60 0.00CF% 36.8xGF% 49.8

William Nylander

#88 · RW

TOI 17:56xGF/60 2.94xGA/60 3.87CF/60 32.0SC±/60 -13.72G±/60 0.00CF% 35.0xGF% 43.2

Line 3

Gavin McKenna

#92 · LW

TOI 12:58xGF/60 1.76xGA/60 4.58CF/60 27.0SC±/60 -20.27G±/60 +6.75CF% 26.7xGF% 27.8

Colton Sissons

#15 · C

TOI 14:23xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 5.43CF/60 6.1SC±/60 -18.31G±/60 0.00CF% 9.1xGF% 0.0

Vinni Lettieri

TOI 8:47xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 5.89CF/60 9.0SC±/60 -9.02G±/60 0.00CF% 10.0xGF% 0.0

Line 4

Brandon Duhaime

#24 · LW

TOI 13:35xGF/60 2.92xGA/60 5.83CF/60 37.6SC±/60 +5.37G±/60 +16.12CF% 36.8xGF% 33.4

Teddy Blueger

#73 · C

TOI 16:03xGF/60 3.14xGA/60 5.13CF/60 40.5SC±/60 +11.56G±/60 +17.34CF% 35.0xGF% 37.9

Zack MacEwen

TOI 5:16xGF/60 5.10xGA/60 2.07CF/60 68.4SC±/60 +11.39G±/60 +22.78CF% 66.7xGF% 71.1

Defense

Pair 1

Jake McCabe

#22 · LD

TOI 4:15xGF/60 0.00xGA/60 4.53CF/60 17.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 16.7

Darren Raddysh

#43 · RD

TOI 20:29xGF/60 4.22xGA/60 3.85CF/60 49.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.13CF% 38.7xGF% 52.3

Pair 2

Morgan Rielly

#44 · LD

TOI 22:46xGF/60 3.85xGA/60 3.97CF/60 47.6SC±/60 +3.66G±/60 +3.66CF% 44.8xGF% 49.2

Troy Stecher

#28 · RD

TOI 26:25xGF/60 2.63xGA/60 4.10CF/60 33.9SC±/60 -6.16G±/60 0.00CF% 37.9xGF% 39.1

Pair 3

Marshall Rifai

TOI 19:14xGF/60 2.40xGA/60 3.96CF/60 29.0SC±/60 -9.67G±/60 +6.45CF% 32.1xGF% 37.7

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

#95 · RD

TOI 23:20xGF/60 2.08xGA/60 5.06CF/60 27.3SC±/60 -7.79G±/60 0.00CF% 28.0xGF% 29.1

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Sergei Bobrovsky
G2	Anthony Stolarz

CBJ Home

Forwards

Line 1

Matthew Knies

#89 · LW

TOI 18:36xGF/60 3.88xGA/60 5.17CF/60 61.8SC±/60 -5.62G±/60 -5.61CF% 50.0xGF% 42.9

Adam Fantilli

#19 · C

TOI 21:21xGF/60 3.72xGA/60 4.96CF/60 59.2SC±/60 -5.38G±/60 -5.38CF% 50.0xGF% 42.9

Kent Johnson

#91 · RW

TOI 17:09xGF/60 5.03xGA/60 4.77CF/60 76.2SC±/60 +6.35G±/60 -6.35CF% 57.1xGF% 51.3

Line 2

Dmitri Voronkov

#10 · LW

TOI 10:02xGF/60 3.28xGA/60 1.35CF/60 71.3SC±/60 +14.26G±/60 -7.13CF% 83.3xGF% 70.9

Sean Monahan

#23 · C

TOI 13:13xGF/60 2.86xGA/60 1.18CF/60 62.2SC±/60 +12.43G±/60 -6.22CF% 83.3xGF% 70.9

Valeri Nichushkin

#43 · RW

TOI 12:27xGF/60 2.01xGA/60 2.01CF/60 56.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.61CF% 71.4xGF% 50.1

Line 3

Cole Sillinger

#4 · LW

TOI 13:29xGF/60 4.95xGA/60 3.27CF/60 65.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +5.01CF% 59.1xGF% 60.2

Charlie Coyle

#3 · C

TOI 23:02xGF/60 5.06xGA/60 4.30CF/60 71.5SC±/60 +5.11G±/60 0.00CF% 56.0xGF% 54.1

Mathieu Olivier

#24 · RW

TOI 16:13xGF/60 5.98xGA/60 3.27CF/60 79.9SC±/60 +4.99G±/60 +4.99CF% 64.0xGF% 64.7

Line 4

Ryan Lomberg

#94 · LW

TOI 11:10xGF/60 4.74xGA/60 1.57CF/60 69.9SC±/60 +10.75G±/60 -5.37CF% 76.5xGF% 75.1

Luca Del Bel Belluz

#93 · C

TOI 11:54xGF/60 5.46xGA/60 0.53CF/60 71.7SC±/60 +10.24G±/60 0.00CF% 87.5xGF% 91.1

Conor Garland

#83 · RW

TOI 12:15xGF/60 3.87xGA/60 1.68CF/60 51.7SC±/60 +5.74G±/60 -5.74CF% 69.2xGF% 69.7

Defense

Pair 1

Zach Werenski

#8 · LD

TOI 27:11xGF/60 5.42xGA/60 4.18CF/60 71.0SC±/60 +7.88G±/60 +3.95CF% 62.1xGF% 56.5

Damon Severson

#78 · RD

TOI 21:50xGF/60 3.67xGA/60 4.31CF/60 65.6SC±/60 +6.55G±/60 -3.28CF% 54.1xGF% 46.0

Pair 2

Jake Christiansen

#2 · LD

TOI 16:05xGF/60 4.25xGA/60 2.25CF/60 59.2SC±/60 -4.23G±/60 -4.23CF% 60.9xGF% 65.4

Denton Mateychuk

#5 · RD

TOI 20:25xGF/60 3.50xGA/60 0.98CF/60 75.3SC±/60 +3.58G±/60 -3.59CF% 87.5xGF% 78.1

Pair 3

Emil Andrae

TOI 10:22xGF/60 2.74xGA/60 1.64CF/60 46.3SC±/60 +5.78G±/60 -11.58CF% 66.7xGF% 62.5

Erik Gudbranson

#44 · RD

TOI 14:20xGF/60 4.44xGA/60 3.18CF/60 54.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 57.9xGF% 58.3

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Jet Greaves
G2	Cam Talbot

Injuries

As of 2026-10-20 11:30PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

TOR

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Elvis Merzlikins	NA		IR	IR
Max Domi	NA	11	IR	IR
Dakota Joshua	NA	81	IR	IR
Chris Tanev	NA	8	IR	IR
John Tavares	NA	91	OUT	OUT

CBJ

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Isac Lundestrom	NA	21	IR	IR
Ivan Provorov	NA	9	IR	IR
Dante Fabbro	NA	15	IR	IR

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