Game 68: Ducks Host Blues

By Michael Walters

Anaheim(26-32-9) vs St. Louis(34-25-6)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 7:00 PM PT/10:00 PM ET, NBCSN

Radio: KLAA AM 830

Post Game Show: Duck Calls with Josh Brewster AM 830

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks took down the Arizona Coyotes last night, who had been riding a six-game winning streak. Jakob Silfverberg got his team-leading 18th goal to give Anaheim an early 1-0 lead. The Coyotes did tie things up late in the first period. The Ducks were then able to pull away in the third a pair of power play goals. It appeared the Ducks also had an empty-net goal, but it was challenged and ruled no rule. The Ducks won by a final of 3-1.

Injury Updates:

Brendan Guhle was knocked out of last night’s contest. He is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Derek Grant(upper-body) and Nick Ritchie(lower-body) are both questionable to play tonight.

Chad Johnson still remains on the IR.

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Kevin Roy – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Rickard Rakell  – Sam Steel –  Jakob Silfverberg
Daniel Sprong – Adam Henrique – Troy Terry
Max Jones  – Ryan Kesler – Carter Rowney

Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson – Cam Fowler
Jaycob Megna – Korbinian Holzer

In Net:
John Gibson 18-20-8, GAA 2.87, SV% .916 (Unconfirmed)

St. Louis Outlook

The Blues lost their last two games, which were back-to-back against Carolina and Dallas. St. Louis was outscored 9-2 in those contests. The Blues have gone 6-3-1 in their last 10 games and are currently holding down third place in the Central Division. They are one point ahead of Dallas and two points above Minnesota.

Vladimir Tarasenko leads the team with 27 goals. Ryan O’Reilly leads the team with 63 total points(24 G + 39 A).

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Jaden Schwartz – Ryan O’Reilly – Vladimir Tarasenko
Alex Steen – Tyler Bozak – Sammy Blais
Pat Maroon – Oskar Sundqvist – Robert Thomas
Mackenzie MacEachern – Ivan Barbashev – Zach Sanford

Defense:
Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

In Net:
Jordan Binnington 15-3-1 GAA 1.68, SV% .933 (Unconfirmed)

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March 6th, 2019