Game 52: Ducks Visit LA

By Michael Walters

Anaheim(20-26-5) at Los Angeles(19-28-5) 

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TV: 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET, Fox Sports West

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Watch Party: House of Blues, 400 W. Disney Way, Anaheim at the Garden Walk.

Anaheim Outlook

The Anaheim Ducks are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night. The Ducks made a few mistakes, but still created chances to win the contest. They scored a late goal by Troy Terry but still came up short by one goal.

It’s Hockey Day in Southern California and the Ducks will turn their attention to the Los Angeles Kings tonight. The Ducks have played the Kings twice already this season. Both games took place at Honda Center. The Ducks won the first contest 4-2 and then lost the second meeting 2-1. Tonight will be the third of five meetings against LA this season.

Adam Henrique leads the team with 17 goals.

Projected Lineup

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

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

In Net:
Ryan Miller 4-5-2, GAA 3.20, SV% .899 (Confirmed)

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Los Angeles Outlook

The Kings, just like the Ducks, haven’t had the season go the way they have wanted it to. The Kings are currently in last place in the Pacific Division, but they are only two points behind the Ducks. The Kings have gone 2-7-1 in their last 10 games.

The Kings have some similar stats as the Ducks. They average 2.50 goals per game and give up 3.12 against like Anaheim. They are 27.3% efficient on the power play and kill off 74.2% of their penalties.

Anze Kopitar leads the team each in scoring with 17 goals.

Team News:

Drew Doughty will not play tonight due to an undisclosed injury.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Alex Iafallo – Anze Kopitar – Dustin Brown
Nikolai Prokhorkin – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli
Adrian Kempe – Blake Lizotte – Austin Wagner
Kyle Clifford – Mike Amadio – Trevor Lewis

Defense:
Joakim Ryan – Alec Martinez
Ben Hutton – Matt Roy
Kurtis MacDermid – Sean Walker

In Net
Jonathan Quick 11-17-2, GAA 3.02, SV% .895 (Confirmed)

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February 1st, 2020