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2026-27 forecast · Sat, Feb 20, 5:00 PM ET
Jacob Markstrom · 0.883 SV%
The preseason ratings make Florida Panthers 54.6% to win at home: barely a lean at all, worth 4.6 points over a coin flip, which grades C. Over a full season those same ratings project FLA for 92 points and ANA for 94.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
ANA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 51.0% of the expected goals to 49.8%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Jacob Markstrom (FLA) saved -29.8 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.883 and 0.888.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Florida Panthers over Anaheim Ducks is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
FLA
Jacob Markstrom
44 games, 2025-26
| ANA | Metric | FLA |
|---|---|---|
| 51.0% | xGF% (5v5) | 49.8% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
 Jackson LaCombe | D | 10 | 36 | 46 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksander Barkov | C | 23 | 50 | 72 |
| Date | Game | Pick | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | FLA @ ANA | FLA | FLA 3–7 ANA | Missed |
| 2025-10-28 | ANA @ FLA | FLA | ANA 4–3 FLA | Missed |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
| Florida Panthers | 92 | 38.1% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
 Brady Tkachuk | L | 29 | 38 | 67 |
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 Sam Reinhart | C | 31 | 34 | 65 |
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 Matthew Tkachuk | L | 23 | 41 | 63 |
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