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By Michael Walters
Calgary(41-19-9) At Anaheim (28-31-12)
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Anaheim Outlook
The Anaheim Ducks are coming off a 6-1 loss to Edmonton Oilers. There wasn’t much that went right for Anaheim as they got behind 3-0 in the first period and couldn’t recover. Zach Aston-Reese scored his first goal as a Duck. Troy Terry did not play due to the injuries his sustained in Friday night’s win over Arizona.
Anaheim is currently 6th in the Pacific Division and 12th in the Western Conference. The Ducks are 21.9% efficient on the power play, which ranks 12th in the league. Their penalty kill is 80.4% efficient, which ranks 13th in the NHL.
Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with 31 goals.
Team News:
Pat Verbeek made several trades this past week which included Kodie Curran, Nicolas Deslauriers, Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, and Rickard Rakell all being moved. For more visit: Ducks Trade Deadline Recap
Ryan Getzlaf announced his retirement yesterday. His last game will be April 24th at Honda Center.
Injury/Illness News:
Troy Terry did skate at practice yesterday and will play tonight.
Jakob Silfverberg (lower-body) remains on the IR. Silfverberg has a blood clot in his leg and is expected to be out a few weeks. It doesn’t appear to be serious thankfully.
Max Jones has been skating, but it looks like he might not return this season. A final decision is supposed to be made in a few days.
Ryan Getzlaf has been in and out of the lineup with a lower-body injury.
Projected Lineup:
Offense:
Derek Grant – Trevor Zegras – Sam Carrick
Zach Aston-Reese – Adam Henrique – Dominik Simon
Sonny Milano – Isac Lundestrom – Sam Carrick
Max Comtois – Sam Steel – Vinni Lettieri
Defense:
Cam Fowler – Jamie Drysdale
Urho Vaakanainen – Kevin Shattenkirk
Simon Benoit – Andrej Sustr
In Net:
Anthony Stolarz 10-6-2 GAA 2.53 SV% .921 (Confirmed)
Calgary Outlook
The Flames are currently in first place in the Pacific Division. There are four points ahead of Edmonton and also have two games in hand. They have gone 5-3-2 in their last 10 games and won their last game against LA.
Calgary averages 3.46 goals per game, which is 7th best in the league. They give up 2.49 goals against on average. On the power play they are 22.6% efficient, which ranks 9th in the league. They rank 5th in the league on the penalty kill at 83.4% efficiency.
Elias Lindholm leads the team with 35 goals.
Projected Lineup
Offense
Johnny Gaudreau – Elias Lindholm – Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane – Mikael Backlund – Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube– Adam Ruzicka – Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic – Ryan Carpenter – Trevor Lewis
Defense
Noah Hanifin – Rasmus Andersson
Michael Stone – Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov – Erik Gudbranson
In Net
Jacob Markstrom 32-14-8 GAA 2.19 SV% .924 (Unconfirmed)
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April 6th, 2022
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