Anaheim (22-35-3) vs Vancouver (38-17-7)
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Anaheim Outlook
The Anaheim Ducks are coming off a wild 4-3 win against the New Jersey Devils. The Ducks built a 4-2 lead after two periods with two goals from Frank Vatrano, one from Adam Henrique, and another from Max Jones. The Devils pulled within one in the third, but Lukas Dostal saved the day stopping 52 of 55 shots, including a penalty shot with 2.1 seconds to go in the game.
Anaheim has gone 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. They are currently in seventh place in the Pacific Division.
By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.67 (29th)
Goals Against: 3.55 (28th)
Power Play: 19.7% (Tied For 18th)
Penalty Kill: 75.3% (27th)
Corsi For
Even Strength: 46.58% (26th)
Overall: 45.16% (30th)
Fenwick For
Even Strength: 47.76% (27th)
Overall: 45.27% (30th)
Frank Vatrano leads the team in goal scoring with 29.
Team News/Injury Updates:
Ilya Lyubushkin was traded to Toronto last Thursday. Here are the details: Lyubushkin Trade.
Alex Stalock was recalled as John Gibson is out tonight sick.
Cam Fowler took a puck to the face in the opening seconds against San Jose and did not return. He will play tonight.
Leo Carlsson did not play against New Jersey. He suffered an upper-body injury against San Jose and didn’t play the last 9-10 minutes of the game. He will not play tonight.
Brock McGinn (upper-body injury) was placed on the IR retroactive to February 10th.
Trevor Zegras remains on the IR. He is expected be out 6-8 weeks with a broken ankle. He had surgery and has been spotted walking around in an ankle brace. He could resume skating in a week or two per Eric Stephens.
Projected Lineup
Offense:
Max Jones – Adam Henrique – Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Isac Lundestrom – Sam Carrick – Jakob Silfverberg
Ross Johnston – Benoit-Olivier Groulx – Brett Leason
Defense:
Cam Fowler – Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov – Radko Gudas
Urho Vaakanainen – Gustav Lindstrom
In Net:
Lukas Dostal 9-15-1 GAA 3.67 SV% .900 (Confirmed)
Vancouver Outlook
The Canucks just completed a three game homestand where they beat Boston 3-2, but then lost to Pittsburgh 4-3 and LA 5-1. Vancouver was down 2-0 to start the third against LA. Brock Boeser scored, but then the Kings scored the next three to win 5-1.
Vancouver has gone 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. They are currently in first place in the Pacific Division.
By The Numbers:
Goals For: 3.58 (3rd)
Goals Against: 2.79 (9th)
Power Play: 23.0% (9th)
Penalty Kill: 78.7% (19th)
Corsi For
Even Strength: 50.61% (17th)
Overall: 50.52% (17th)
Fenwick For
Even Strength: 50.05% (17th)
Overall: 49.91% (19th)
J.T. Miller leads the team in total points with 82 (30 G + 52 A).
Projected Lineup
Offense
Nils Hoglander – Elias Pettersson – Pius Suter
Ilya Mikheyev – J.T. Miller – Brock Boeser
Phillip Di Giuseppe – Elias Lindholm – Conor Garland
Nils Aman – Teddy Blueger – Sam Lafferty
Defense
Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek
Ian Cole – Tyler Myers
Nikita Zadorov – Noah Juulsen
In Net
Casey DeSmith 7-4-5 GAA 3.06 SV% .896 (Confirmed)
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March 3rd, 2024
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