Game 19: Anaheim At St. Louis

Anaheim (5-12-1) At St. Louis (9-8-0)

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TV: 5 PM PT, Bally Sports West

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks are going to look for redemption tonight as they were beat down on Saturday in St. Louis 6-2. Anaheim got off to slow start and couldn’t recover. The players held a players only meeting after the game and then had a team meeting on Sunday with the coaching staff.

Anaheim has been averaging 38.1 shots on goal against, while registering 30.3 in their favor. The Ducks have struggled on the penalty kill(64.1% efficiency) and on the power play(13.7% efficiency). The team has been averaging 2.61 goals per game, but has also been giving up 4.33 against.

Troy Terry leads the Ducks with 20 total points(7 G + 13 A).

Injury News:

Max Comtois is day-to-day with a lower body injury. He has returned to Anaheim to be re-evaluated.

Nathan Beaulieu (arm) was placed on the IR(retroactive to November 9th).

Derek Grant (rib) was placed on the IR(retroactive to November 3rd).

Roster Moves:

Drew Helleson was reassigned to San Diego.

Projected Lineup 

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

Defense:
Cam Fowler – Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit  – John Klingberg
Colton White – Austin Strand
Kevin Shattenkirk

In Net:
John Gibson 3-10-1 GAA 4.31 SV% .889 (Confirmed)

St. Louis Outlook 

The Blues took out the Ducks 6-2 on Saturday night. St. Louis is now on a six game winning streak. If the Blues can get off to another solid start like in the previous game, then it could be a long night for the Ducks again. They will play tonight without Vladimir Tarasenko, who is out sick.

St. Louis averages 2.69 goals per game and give up 3.50 against. They have had success on the power play operating at 20.9% efficiency. The penalty kill has been average at 74.3% efficiency.

Jordan Kyrou leads the team with 6 goals.

Projected Lineup (Per Jim Thomas)

Offense
Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad – Ryan O’Reilly – Josh Leivo
Ivan Barbashev – Brayden Schenn – Noel Acciari
Alexei Toropchenko – Nikita Alexandrov – Tyler Pitlick

Defense
Nick Leddy – Niko Mikkola
Torey Krug – Justin Faulk
Calle Rosen – Tyler Tucker

In Net
Jordan Binnington 8-5-0 GAA 2.90 SV% .908 (Confirmed)

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November 21st, 2022