Game 26: Ducks Visit Arizona

By Michael Walters

Anaheim(11-11-3) at Arizona(14-8-3)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Anaheim Ducks are coming off a solid 3-0 win over the New York Islanders, who had been on a 17 game point streak(15-0-2). Ryan Getzlaf was credited with the first goal that had gone in the net but was touched by an Islander player last. Cam Fowler and Ondrej Kase added goals in the third to seal the victory.

The Ducks have shown they can compete with some of the league’s best teams like the Islanders and St. Louis Blues. Anaheim’s issue has been showing up every night. The Ducks have had games where they played well for 40 minutes, but then poorly for the remainder of the game. Hopefully, they can find a way to be more consistent as the season progresses.

Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Getzlaf lead the team with nine goals each.

Roster News:

Josh Mahura was reassigned to San Diego yesterday.

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Rickard Rakell  – Ryan Getzlaf – Troy Terry
Max Jones – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie – Sam Steel – Ondrej Kase
Devin Shore – Derek Grant – Carter Rowney

Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Larsson – Cam Fowler
Brendan Guhle – Korbinian Holzer

In Net:
John Gibson 8-10-1, GAA 2.86, SV% .912(Unconfirmed)

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Arizona Outlook

The Coyotes are having a decent season so far as they sit in second place in the Pacific Division with 31 points. At home, Arizona is 6-5-1 while on the road they are 8-3-2. They are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss at home to Edmonton.

Part of the Coyotes success has been their defense which gives up only 2.28 goals against per game, which is the best in the league. They also have solid special teams. The power play is 18.3% efficient and the penalty kill is 80.3% efficient.

Conor Garland leads the team in scoring with ten goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Clayton Keller– Nick Schmaltz – Phil Kessel
Barrett Hayton – Carl Soderberg – Conor Garland
Christian Dvorak – Derek Stepan – Vinnie Hinostroza
Michael Grabner – Brad Richardson – Christian Fischer

Defense:
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun – Alex Goligoski
Jordan Oesterle – Ilya Lyubushkin

In Net
Antti Raanta 5-2-2, GAA 2.61, SV% .926(Confirmed)

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November 27th, 2019