Game 42: Colorado At Anaheim

Colorado(25-8-3) at Anaheim(19-15-7)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks are currently on a three game losing streak dropping games to Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Chicago. Anaheim has been outscored 14-4 during that span of games. They have had issues scoring goals, but they also been shorthanded several players.

Troy Terry, Cam Fowler, and Anthony Stolarz all tested positive during the weekend. The Ducks were also without John Gibson, who finally came out off the protocol. Anaheim is also missing Adam Henrique, Josh Mahura, and Sonny Milano due to injuries.

Overall this season, Anaheim continues to thrive on special teams. The Ducks are 25.9% efficient on the power play, which ranks 5th in the league. Their penalty kill is 84.8% efficient, which ranks 4th in the NHL. The Ducks are tied for second place in the Pacific Division with LA in terms of points.

Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with 22 goals.

Roster Moves:

Brogan Rafferty has been recalled to the Ducks.

Danny O’Regan has been recalled to the taxi squad.

Benoit Olivier-Groulx was reassigned to San Diego.

Taxi Squad:

Olle Eriksson Ek
Vinni Lettieri
Greg Pateryn
Danny O’Regan

Injury/COVID News:

John Gibson is no longer in the COVID protocol and has been back practicing with the team.

Sonny Milano took an elbow to the face and did not return in the game against Minnesota. He also did not play in the game against Chicago.

Cam Fowler and Anthony Stolarz tested positive for COVID on Saturday(1/15). Josh Manson tested positive on January 18th.

Simon Benoit was placed in the COVID protocol on Thursday(1/13) and Troy Terry was placed on it Friday(1/14).

Josh Mahura remains on the IR with an upper-body injury. He has resumed skating.

Adam Henrique has an lower-body injury and remains on the IR. He has been skating on his own, but the timeline for his return is unknown.

Max Jones had surgery to repair a pectoralis major tendon tear and will be out for 4-6 months.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Trevor Zegras – Ryan Getzlaf – Rickard Rakell
Max Comtois – Sam Steel – Vinni Lettieri
Derek Grant – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers – Sam Carrick – Buddy Robinson

Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Jamie Drysdale
Jacob Larsson – Kevin Shattenkirk
Brendan Guhle – Greg Pateryn

In Net:
John Gibson 12-9-6 GAA 2.64 SV% .917 (Confirmed)

Colorado Outlook

The Avalanche are currently on a three game winning streak. They beat the Coyotes in back-to-back contest and then took down Minnesota in a shootout. They have gone 8-1-1 in the last 10 games and are in first place in the Central Division and Western Conference.

Colorado averages 4.25 goals per game, which is the best in the league. They give up 3.19 goals against on average. On the power play they are 23.6% efficient, which i tied for 8th in the league. They are tied for 28th in the league on the penalty kill at 74.1% efficiency.

Mikko Rantanen leads the team in scoring with 20 goals.

Projected Lineup

Offense
Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky – Nazem Kadri – Logan O’Connor
Nicolas Aube-Kubel – Alex Newhook – J.T. Compher
Tyson Jost – Mikhail Maltsev – Kiefer Sherwood

Defense
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Jack Johnson – Samuel Girard
Kurtis MacDermid – Erik Johnson

In Net
Pavel Francouz 4-1-0 GAA 2.94 SV% .902(Confirmed)

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January 19th, 2022