Game 47: Ducks Visit Nashville
By Michael Walters
Anaheim(17-24-5) at Nashville(21-17-7)
Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast
TV: 5 PM PT/8 PM ET, Fox Sports West
Radio & Post Game Show: KLAA AM 830
Anaheim Outlook
The Anaheim Ducks are currently 0-2-0 on this road trip after playing Dallas and St. Louis. The Ducks started both contests out with decent play, but then bad second periods did them in. Anaheim has lost four in a row and has gone 2-7-1 in their last 10 games.
Podcast: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Ducks will face the Predators tonight. Anaheim has split their two-games with Nashville so far this season. The Ducks lost the first game in Nashville 6-1 and then won the second one in Anaheim in an exciting 5-4 shootout. This is the last time these two teams will meet this season.
Jakob Silfverberg leads the team with 15 goals.
Team News:
Derek Grant, Nick Ritchie, and Jakob Silfverberg all skated yesterday at practice per the OC Register’s Elliott Teaford.
Derek Grant was removed for the IR and activated for tonight. Jakob Silfverberg also will draw back in as well.
Isac Lundestrom and Max Comtois have been reassigned to San Diego.
Projected Lineup
Offense:
Rickard Rakell – Ryan Getzlaf – Daniel Sprong
Max Jones – Sam Steel – Ondrej Kase
Chase De Leo – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers – Derek Grant – Carter Rowney
Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Josh Manson
Cam Fowler – Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Larsson – Korbinian Holzer
In Net:
John Gibson 13-6-3 2.95 GAA, SV% .906 (Confirmed)
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Nashville Outlook
The Predators have gone 4-5-1 in their last 10 games and are currently in seventh place in the Central Division. Predators are coming off a 4-2 loss to Edmonton. The game was tied up at two after the first period, but the Oilers added two more goals to win the game.
Nashville scores 3.36 goals per game which is 8th best in the league. They do, however, give up 3.24 goals against. Their power play is 16.7% efficient and the penalty kill is 73.4% efficient.
Filip Forsberg leads the team in scoring with 16 goals.
Projected Lineup
Offense:
Calle Jarnkrok – Ryan Johansen – Viktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg – Matt Duchene – Mikael Granlund
Rocco Grimaldi – Nick Bonino – Craig Smith
Yakov Trenin – Kyle Turris – Colin Blackwell
Defense:
Roman Josi – Yannick Weber
Mattias Ekholm – Dante Fabbro
Dan Hamhuis – Alexandre Carrier
In Net
Juuse Saros 5-7-4, GAA 3.25, SV% .892 (Probable)
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January 16th, 2020