Game 43: Ducks Host Blue Jackets

By Michael Walters

Blue Jackets(20-15-8) at Anaheim(17-20-5) 

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Anaheim Outlook

The Anaheim Ducks are coming off an exciting 5-4 shootout victory over the Nashville Predators. The game was a back-and-forth battle that needed overtime and then a shootout to decide a winner. The shootout went five rounds with Captain Ryan Getzlaf finally winning it for Anaheim.

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The Ducks continue the homestand tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. These two teams met once this season back on October 11th, 2019 in Columbus. Cam Fowler and Jakob Silfverberg scored and Ryan Miller stopped 26 of 27 shots on net en route to a 2-1 victory.

Jakob Silfverberg leads the team with 15 goals.

Team News:

Troy Terry resumed skating yesterday with the team.

Kiefer Sherwood was reassigned to San Diego yesterday.

Rickard Rakell has been taken off the IR.

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Adam Henrique – Ryan Getzlaf – Ondrej Kase
Max Comtois – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones – Sam Steel – Daniel Sprong
Nicolas Deslauriers – Devin Shore – Carter Rowney

Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Josh Manson
Cam Fowler – Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Larsson – Michael Del Zotto

In Net:
John Gibson 13-16-3, GAA 2.95, SV% .906 (Unconfirmed)

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Columbus Outlook

The Blue Jackets are coming off a 4-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings last night. The Kings would score first, but the Blue Jackets responded with three goals en route to a 4-2 victory. Columbus is 7-1-2 in their last 10 games and sits in 6th place in the Metropolitan Division.

Columbus averages 2.63 goals per game and gives up 2.70 against on average. Their special teams have been average with a 16.7% efficient power play and 80.8% efficiency while on the penalty kill.

Pierre-Luc Dubois leads the team in scoring with 14 goals.

Team News:

Columbus has been plagued with injuries this season as they currently have 8 players on the IR. They did just get back Markus Nutivaara(upper-body), who played last night.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Sonny Milano – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Gustav Nyquist
Nathan Gerbe – Boone Jenner – Nick Foligno
Emil Bemstrom – Alexander Wennberg – Kevin Stenlund
Eric Robinson – Riley Nash – Jakob Lilja

Defense:
Zach Werenski – Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov – David Savard
Scott Harrington – Markus Nutivaara

In Net
Elvis Merzlikins 3-5-3 GAA 2.86, SV% .908 (Unconfirmed)

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January 7th, 2019