Game 43: New Jersey At Anaheim
New Jersey (26-12-3) at Anaheim (12-26-4)
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Anaheim Outlook
The Ducks finish their 10 game homestand tonight against the New Jersey Devils. Anaheim has gone 3-5-1 so far in the previous nine games at Honda Center. This is the second and final meeting between these two teams this season. The Ducks lost 4-2 to the Devils back on October 18th.
The team has been averaging 2.26 goals per game, but has also been giving up 4.12 against. They are 14.9% efficient with the extra man and 71.3% efficient on the penalty kill. Anaheim also gives up on average 38.8 shots per game which is the most in the league. They average around 30 shots on goal per game(28.8).
Troy Terry leads the Ducks with 33 total points(12 G + 21 A).
Injury News:
Derek Grant (lower-body injury) remains on the IR.
Justin Kirkland was in a car accident while driving to the game on Sunday. He has been released from the hospital and was placed on the IR.
Projected Lineup
Offense:
Adam Henrique – Mason McTavish – Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras – Ryan Strome – Frank Vatrano
Max Comtois – Sam Carrick – Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones – Jayson Megna – Brett Leason
Defense:
Cam Fowler – Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit – John Klingberg
Urho Vaakanainen – Kevin Shattenkirk
In Net:
John Gibson 7-18-3 GAA 4.07 SV% .896 (Unconfirmed)
New Jersey Outlook
The Devils are currently on a two game winning streak. They beat the New York Rangers 4-3 in overtime and then took down Carolina 5-3. New Jersey has gone 5-4-1 in their last 10 games and is currently in second place in the Metropolitan Division.
New Jersey averages 3.44 goals per game and they give up 2.63 against. They have been 20.0% efficient on the power play and 82.2% efficient on the penalty kill.
Jack Hughes leads the team with 49 total points(26 G + 23 A).
Projected Lineup
Offense
Ondrej Palat – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt
Tomas Tatar – Jack Hughes – Erik Haula
Miles Wood – Michael McLeod – Dawson Mercer
Fabian Zetterlund – Jesper Boqvist – Yegor Sharangovich
Defense
Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves – Damon Severson
Nikita Okhotyuk – Brendan Smith
In Net
Vitek Vanecek 16-5-2 GAA 2.37 SV% .913 (Unconfirmed)
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January 13th, 2023