Game 29: Ducks At Blue Jackets

Anaheim (10-14-4) at Columbus (12-13-4)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks started a four game road trip in Montreal. Newly acquired Jacob Trouba made his debut and played well. Montreal scored in the opening minutes of the game on the power play. Troy Terry scored the next two goals to give the Ducks a one goal lead briefly. Montreal tied it up shortly after Terry’s second goal in the middle frame. The game needed bonus hockey and the Canadiens would prevail in the shootout.

Anaheim then traveled to Ottawa where things went from bad to worse. The Ducks gave up three goals in the first period and couldn’t recovery after that. They were down 5-0 in third when Cutter Gauthier scored to at least ruin the shutout bid by the Senators.

The Ducks faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second game of back-to-backs and lost 3-2. Anaheim player better than they did in Ottawa, but still came up with another loss. Frank Vatrano and Jackson LaCombe scored in the losing effort for Anaheim.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.36
Goals Against: 3.07
Power Play: 15.9%
Penalty Kill: 73.1%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 45.18%
Overall: 45.89%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 45.59%
Overall: 46.17%

Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with eight goals.

Team/Injury News:

The Ducks traded Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues. Visit here for full trade details: Fowler Traded To Blues

Trevor Zegras had surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out for about 6 weeks.

Projected Lineup (Per Mark Scheig)

Offense:
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Alex Killorn – Leo Carlsson – Brett Leason
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Robby Fabbri
Brock McGinn – Isac Lundestrom – Jansen Harkins

Defense:
Olen Zellweger  – Brian Dumoulin
Pavel Mintyukov – Jacob Trouba
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas

In Net:
John Gibson 4-4-1 GAA 3.01 SV% .906 (Confirmed)

Columbus Outlook 

The Blue Jackets are currently on a two game losing streak. They lost 5-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers and then lost 2-1 in overtime to the Washington Capitals. They are 8-4-2 at home this season. They are in eighth place in the Metropolitan division.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 3.31
Goals Against: 3.55
Power Play: 18.4%
Penalty Kill: 71.7%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 50.60%
Overall: 50.44%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 50.75%
Overall: 50.54%

Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski lead the team in scoring with 10 goals each.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
James van Riemsdyk – Sean Monahan – Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov – Adam Fantilli – Kirill Marchenko
Zach Aston-Reese – Cole Sillinger – Mathieu Olivier
Sean Kuraly – Justin Danforth – Kevin Labanc

Defense
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov – Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen – Jordan Harris

In Net:
Jet Greaves 0-0-1 GA 1.92 SV% .946 (Confirmed)

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December 14th, 2024