Game 11: Anaheim At Vancouver

Anaheim (3-6-1) at Vancouver (2-6-2)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks beat the Toronto Maples Leafs on Sunday 4-3 in overtime and followed that up with a shootout win over San Jose on Tuesday. Anaheim has won two games in a row for the first time this season. Adam Henrique and Max Comtois got their first goals of the year as the Ducks look for more offense throughout the lineup. The team will look for their first regulation win against the Canucks tonight.

Anaheim has been averaging 37.9 shots on goal against, while registering 28.9 in their favor. The Ducks have struggled on the penalty kill(63.9% efficiency) and on the power play(6.7% efficiency). The team has been averaging 2.50 goals per game, but has also been giving up 4.30 against.

Troy Terry leads the Ducks with 12 total points(4 G + 8 A).

Injury News:

Jamie Drysdale will be out with a torn labrum(left shoulder) for 4-6 months.

Sam Carrick was placed on a conditioning loan to San Diego.

Urho Vaakanainen suffered an upper-body injury when he slammed into the boards during a preseason game against the San Jose Sharks. He is currently on the IR.

John Moore is also on the IR with an undisclosed injury.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Max Comtois – Ryan Strome –  Troy Terry
Adam Henrique – Trevor Zegras – Frank Vatrano
Derek Grant – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones – Mason McTavish – Brett Leason

Defense:
Dmitry Kulikov – John Klingberg
Simon Benoit  – Cam Fowler
Nathan Beaulieu – Kevin Shattenkirk

In Net:
John Gibson 2-5-1 GAA 4.23 SV% .888 (Confirmed)

Vancouver Outlook 

The Canucks have gotten off to slow start like the Ducks. Vancouver lost their first seven games in a row. They were then able to put two wins in a row together against Seattle and Pittsburgh. In their last game they lost 5-2 to New Jersey.

Vancouver has been able to produce offensively averaging three goals a game, but they also give up four goals against. They have also had good success on the power play with 27.4% efficiency, but they have struggled on the penalty kill with 60% efficiency.

Bo Horvat leads the team with 8 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Conor Garland – Bo Horvat – J.T. Miller
Andrei Kuzmenko – Elias Pettersson – Ilya Mikheyev
Tanner Pearson – Jack Studnicka – Nils Hoglander
Vasily Podkolzin – Nils Aman – Dakota Joshua

Defense
Quinn Hughes – Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Tyler Myers
Riley Stillman – Ethan Bear

In Net
Thatcher Demko 1-6-1 GAA 4.06 SV% .876 (Unconfirmed)

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November 3rd, 2022