Panthers vs. Ducks (Oct 4, 2026)

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Panthers FLA

1-0-1

1-0-1 in Last 10

Ducks ANA

1-0-0

1-0-0 in Last 10

Preview

Panthers

Ducks

Notes

preview Panthers Ducks Notes

Odds

FLA

ANA

-130

Open

+110

Open

-135

+115

o6.5

-118

u6.5

-102

-1.5

+170

+1.5

-208

Forward Matchup

E. Luostarinen

FLA C #27

L. Carlsson

ANA C #91

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

D. Kulikov

FLA D #7

T. Luneau

ANA D #67

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Markstrom

FLA G #25

L. Dostal

ANA G #1

Wins

1.000

Save Pct

.900

0.00

Goals Against Avg

3.00

FLA

Team Stats

ANA

Goals per Game

Goals Against per Game

23.00

Shots per Game

20.00

23.50

Shots Against per Game

30.00

7.7

Power Play Pct

0.0

90.0

Penalty Kill Pct

66.7

.915

Save Pct

.900

FLA

Injuries

ANA

Gustav Forsling

Day to day (Upper-Body)

Ian Moore

Out (Lower-body)

Jonah Gadjovich

Out (Upper-body)

Drew Helleson

Out (Lower-Body)

Brad Marchand

Out (Lower-Body)

Troy Terry

Out (Hip)

Aleksander Barkov

Out (Lower Body)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

FLAANA

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	2	1	0	4	1
Canadiens	1	0	1	3	0
Panthers	1	0	1	3	0
Senators	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	1	1	0	2	-2
Lightning	1	1	0	2	-2
Maple Leafs	1	2	0	2	-1
Red Wings	0	1	0	0	-2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Sharks	2	0	0	4	2
Canucks	2	1	0	4	2
Ducks	1	0	0	2	1
Kraken	1	1	0	2	3
Golden Knights	1	1	0	2	2
Kings	0	1	1	1	-5
Flames	0	2	0	0	-8

FLA

Last 5

ANA

Thu, Oct 1

Fri, Oct 2

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 4, 2026

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Honda Center

Anaheim, California

Team Leaders

E. Luostarinen

S. Bennett

GWG

G. Forsling

SV%

1.000

J. Markstrom

Season

Career vs ANA

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	50.0	0	2	0.0	4	1	0	1	15:13
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	1	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	22:40
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	9	18	50.0	10	0	0	3	19:59
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	20:55
Lars Eller L. Eller	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0	10	24	41.7	2	2	0	3	13:16
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	2	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	14:37
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	18:06
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	16	26	61.5	5	1	0	2	19:53
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	20:54
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	15	26	57.7	1	2	0	0	14:54
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	3	0	1	12:08
Seth Jones S. Jones	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	28:21
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	10	20.0	8	1	0	1	22:15
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	7:50
Bokondji Imama B. Imama	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	5:40
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	22:07
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	2	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	4	4	100.0	9	1	0	1	18:05
Sandis Vilmanis S. Vilmanis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	7	3	0	2	11:51
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	12:52

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	1	1	1	0	0	15	15	1.000	0	0.00	1	65
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	1	1	0	0	1	32	28	.875	4	3.80	0	63

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	20	4	14	18	+10	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	48	8.3	187	337	55.5	9	5	11	9	19:36
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	22	6	11	17	-5	19	1	6	1	0	1	0	50	12.0	40	92	43.5	9	6	4	10	17:51
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	24	4	13	17	+13	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	66	6.1	5	9	55.6	28	6	9	23	17:53
Seth Jones S. Jones	26	4	10	14	-6	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	60	6.7	0	0	0	30	48	16	29	23:50
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	27	7	4	11	-11	29	2	1	0	0	1	0	55	12.7	116	231	50.2	48	7	23	17	15:13
Brad Marchand B. Marchand	19	4	7	11	-2	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	37	10.8	1	5	20.0	16	5	11	23	18:22
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	11	4	6	10	+2	8	2	1	0	0	2	1	37	10.8	1	4	25.0	7	4	6	12	16:40
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	18	6	3	9	+6	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	46	13.0	0	0	0	18	14	11	16	20:47
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	13	6	2	8	0	18	3	1	0	0	1	0	54	11.1	33	72	45.8	36	9	2	7	18:21
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	17	2	5	7	+7	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	2	3	66.7	47	7	3	10	10:57
Lars Eller L. Eller	26	1	5	6	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	1.9	146	265	55.1	14	13	9	17	14:24
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	10	2	4	6	+3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	27	47	57.4	13	10	3	3	15:41
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	9	2	4	6	+5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	60	104	57.7	6	7	4	7	17:02
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	19	1	4	5	+7	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	34	23	6	7	17:41
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	19	0	4	4	+1	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	0	32	26	3	14	17:59
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	14	1	2	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	15	26	4	9	21:33
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	15	0	1	1	+5	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	0	54	26	1	12	16:39
Alexander Petrovic A. Petrovic	10	0	1	1	+2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	19	13	1	7	15:19
Jonah Gadjovich J. Gadjovich	9	0	1	1	+1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	18	2	0	2	8:22
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	3	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	14:14
Sam Lafferty S. Lafferty	10	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	31	65	47.7	21	6	3	2	13:16

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	22	20	9	8	2	548	501	.914	47	2.37	2	1191
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	4	3	0	1	2	98	86	.878	12	3.54	0	203

Team Leaders

A. Killorn

L. Carlsson

GWG

L. Carlsson

SV%

.900

L. Dostal

Season

Career vs FLA

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Leo Carlsson L. Carlsson	1	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	100.0	6	13	46.2	0	1	0	0	17:43
Mikael Granlund M. Granlund	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	6	12	50.0	0	0	0	3	18:39
A.J. Greer A.J. Greer	1	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	13:24
Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	29:37
Noah Warren N. Warren	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:33
Tristan Luneau T. Luneau	1	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	26:58
Cutter Gauthier C. Gauthier	1	0	1	1	+1	4	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	17:51
Tim Washe T. Washe	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0	11	21	52.4	2	1	0	0	16:03
Alex Killorn A. Killorn	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:14
Jeff Malott J. Malott	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	10:39
Beckett Sennecke B. Sennecke	1	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	18:04
Frank Vatrano F. Vatrano	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:34
Ryan Poehling R. Poehling	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0	1	9	11.1	0	2	0	1	14:03
Judd Caulfield J. Caulfield	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	0	13:17
Nikita Nesterenko N. Nesterenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:49
Tyson Hinds T. Hinds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9:15
Pavel Mintyukov P. Mintyukov	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21:10
Travis Mitchell T. Mitchell	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20:38

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Lukas Dostal L. Dostal	1	1	1	0	0	30	27	.900	3	3.00	0	60

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Alex Killorn A. Killorn	54	12	20	32	-13	32	2	8	0	0	2	1	97	12.4	13	33	39.4	58	18	24	30	17:34
Mikael Granlund M. Granlund	28	3	12	15	+1	10	2	4	0	0	1	0	44	6.8	126	232	54.3	22	12	13	17	18:49
Frank Vatrano F. Vatrano	12	4	3	7	+4	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	36	11.1	1	5	20.0	21	17	3	7	15:08
Troy Terry T. Terry	12	2	5	7	-3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	31	6.5	0	2	0.0	0	6	9	8	18:48
Ryan Poehling R. Poehling	12	1	5	6	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	5.6	62	136	45.6	17	14	4	2	14:15
Cutter Gauthier C. Gauthier	4	4	1	5	-1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	23.5	2	4	50.0	2	1	1	4	15:47
Leo Carlsson L. Carlsson	5	1	3	4	-5	15	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	25.0	37	79	46.8	4	2	2	2	17:22
Nick Jensen N. Jensen	25	1	2	3	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	0	0	0	35	29	5	29	18:41
Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	6	0	3	3	-4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	4	13	2	3	23:08
Nikita Nesterenko N. Nesterenko	4	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	1	6	16.7	4	1	0	2	12:42
A.J. Greer A.J. Greer	4	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	1	100.0	6	2	1	2	8:45
Drew Helleson D. Helleson	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	19:07
Sam Colangelo S. Colangelo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10:47
Ian Moore I. Moore	2	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	14:50
Jeff Malott J. Malott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	9:19
Pavel Mintyukov P. Mintyukov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	8	1	3	17:23
Travis Mitchell T. Mitchell	1	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13:26
Beckett Sennecke B. Sennecke	2	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	15:35

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Ville Husso V. Husso	4	4	0	2	1	133	119	.895	14	3.55	237
Lukas Dostal L. Dostal	3	3	2	1	0	83	73	.880	10	3.26	184
Laurent Brossoit L. Brossoit	1	1	1	0	0	37	34	.919	3	3.00	60

Panthers visit the Ducks after Luostarinen's 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 3, 2026

Florida Panthers (1-0-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Anaheim Ducks (1-0, in the Pacific Division)

Anaheim, California; Sunday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Panthers -130, Ducks +110; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Anaheim Ducks after Eetu Luostarinen scored two goals in the Panthers' 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Anaheim went 43-33-6 overall and 28-15-4 at home a season ago. The Ducks scored 265 goals while giving up 288 last season for a -23 goal differential.

Florida went 40-38-4 overall and 17-23-1 on the road a season ago. The Panthers had a -28 goal differential last season, scoring 246 goals while giving up 274.

INJURIES: Ducks: Drew Helleson: out (lower-body), Troy Terry: out (hip), Ian Moore: out (lower-body).

Panthers: Gustav Forsling: day to day (upper-body), Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (lower-body), Aleksander Barkov: day to day (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Panthers FLA

Ducks ANA

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Panthers visit the Ducks after Luostarinen's 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Aleksander Barkov

Gustav Forsling

Brad Marchand

Troy Terry

Jonah Gadjovich

Eetu Luostarinen

Drew Helleson