Anaheim(11-21-7) At San Jose(17-16-4)
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Anaheim Outlook
The Ducks played the Coyotes twice over the past weekend and despite leading in both contests, Anaheim lost each game. Alexander Volkov scored in his Ducks debut on Friday and Trevor Zegras had a couple of assists in the second game. Anaheim currently has 29 points and is in last place in the West Division.
The Ducks announced yesterday Trevor Zegras was reassigned to the Gulls, but General Manager Bob Murray stated he would return in the near future. We discussed the situation here: The Zegras Yo-Yo
Team News
Olle Eriksson Ek and Maxim Golod were reassigned to the Gulls.
David Backes and Sam Carrick were reassigned to the taxi squad, but then added back to the roster.
Simon Benoit and Benoit-Olivier Groulx added to taxi squad from Gulls.
By The Numbers:
Max Comtois and Adam Henrique lead the team in scoring with 10 goals.
Goals For Per Game: 2.21, 29th in NHL
Goals Against Per Game: 3.28, 28th
Power Play Efficiency: 10.5%, 31st
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 76.6%, 24th
Corsi For: 48.56%, 21st
Fenwick For: 48.05%, 22nd
Season Record vs San Jose: 1-3-1
Injury Updates
Hampus Lindholm(wrist) is on the LTIR for about 6 weeks with a fractured wrist.
Carter Rowney had knee surgery and will be out for 4-6 months. He had a medial meniscus tear in his left knee. He was placed on the LTIR.
Taxi Squad:
Simon Benoit
Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Anthony Stolarz
Andy Welinski
Projected Lineup
Offense:
Max Comtois – Isac Lundestrom – Alexander Volkov
Max Jones – Sam Carrick – Troy Terry
Danton Heinen – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers – Derek Grant – David Backes
Defense:
Cam Fowler – Jani Hakanpaa
Jamie Drysdale – Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson – Kevin Shattenkirk
In Net:
John Gibson 7-12-6, 3.01 GAA , SV% .898 (Confirmed)
San Jose Outlook
The Sharks are currently on a four game winning streak, beating Minnesota and Los Angeles two times each. They are tied for 5th place in the West Division with St. Louis at 38 points. They are both five points behind 4th place Arizona. The Sharks do have two games in hand over the Coyotes. San Jose is 6-3-1 in their last 10 games.
By The Numbers:
Evander Kane leads the team in scoring with 16 goals.
Goals For Per Game: 2.70, 18th in NHL
Goals Against Per Game: 3.24, 27th
Power Play Efficiency: 17.8%, 23rd
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 80.5%, 12th
Corsi For: 48.43%, 22nd
Fenwick For: 48.75%, 21st
Season Record vs Anaheim: 4-0-1
Projected Lineup
Offense
Evander Kane – Logan Couture – Kevin Labanc
Timo Meier – Tomas Hertl – Rudolfs Balcers
Ryan Donato – Dylan Gambrell – John Leonard
Marcus Sorensen – Patrick Marleau – Jeffrey Viel
Defense
Mario Ferraro – Brent Burns
Nikolai Knyzhov – Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek – Marc-Edouard Vlasic
In Net:
Martin Jones 14-7-2, GAA 3.03, SV% .905 (Confirmed)
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April 6th, 2021
