Game 5: Ducks At Stars

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By Michael Walters

Anaheim Ducks(3-0-1) vs Dallas Stars (2-1-0)

TV: 5 PM PT/8 PM ET, Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West

Radio: KLAA AM 830

Post Game Show: Duck Calls with Josh Brewster AM 830

Anaheim Outlook

The Anaheim Ducks started the season with three consecutive wins but dropped their fourth contest against the Arizona Coyotes in a shootout. Ryan Kesler did make his season debut and even scored the first goal in the opening period of the game. After that Anaheim had trouble with their faceoffs and passing for most of the second half of the contest, but still managed to force overtime. The Ducks still did manage one point and have yet to lose in regulation.

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Jakob Silfverberg leads the team with five total points(1 G + 4 A) and Maxime Comtois leads the team with two goals. Both had three-game point streaks. Comtois and Josh Manson are tied for third in the league for hits(15) with four other players. Patrick Eaves(shoulder), Ryan Getzlaf(groin), and Ondrej Kase(Head) will likely not be available this weekend. Getzlaf did travel with the team and skated on his own this morning. Based on yesterday’s practice report the Ducks could go with a new forward lineup as shown below.

Projected Lineup

Offense
Maxime Comtois – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Andrew Cogliano – Ryan Kesler –Rickard Rakell
Isac Lundestrom – Sam Steel – Kiefer Sherwood
Ben Street – Carter Rowney – Troy Terry

Defense
Cam Fowler – Josh Manson
Hampus Lindholm – Brandon Montour
Marcus Pettersson – Luke Schenn

In Net
John Gibson 3-0-1 GAA 1.44  SV% .955 (Confirmed)

Dallas Outlook

The Dallas Stars are off to a 2-1-0 start. They started the season with a 3-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes. The Stars followed that game up with another win against the Winnipeg Jets. Dallas then lost their last contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a wild high scoring affair 7-4.

Tyler Seguin is coming off a four-point night(1 G + 3 A) against Toronto and leads the team with eight points(3 G + 5 A). Jamie Benn has a three-point game streak and six points total this season(3 G + 3 A).

Projected Lineup

Offense
Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Alexander Radulov
Valeri Nichushkin – Jason Spezza – Brett Ritchie
Jason Dickinson – Radek Faksa – Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark – Devin Shore – Blake Comeau

Defense
Esa Lindell – John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen – Connor Carrick
Marc Methot – Julius Honka

In Net
Anton Khudobin, 0-0-0 GAA 0.00 SV% .000 (Probable)

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October 13th, 2018