Game 13: Ducks vs Wild

Anaheim (4-6-2) vs Minnesota (9-2-2)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks started out their home stand against the Chicago Blackhawks. Anaheim had a strong start to the game, but it was Chicago who scored first and built a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Ducks found themselves behind 3-0 to start the third and scored a pair of goals late in the contest, but ultimately lost 4-2.

Anaheim then squared off against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The Ducks scored in the opening period with a power play goal by Olen Zellweger. The Canucks scored twice late in the period to gain momentum. They had a 3-1 advantage at the start of the third and cruised to a 5-1 victory.

Head Coach Greg Cronin continues to suffer the forward lines to try to create more offense. At yesterday’s practice he put Isac Lundestrom on the top line and Mason McTavish on the fourth line. It will be interesting to see what the actual lineup looks like tonight.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.08
Goals Against: 3.00
Power Play: 15.0%
Penalty Kill: 73.5%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 43.46%
Overall: 43.84%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 43.82%
Overall: 43.76%

Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with five goals.

Team/Injury News:

Cam Fowler (upper-body injury) will not play tonight.

John Gibson (appendix) was activated off the IR and will be the back up goalie.

Projected Lineup (Per Zach Cavanagh)

Offense:
Cutter Gauthier – Trevor Zegras – Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Isac Lundestrom – Leo Carlsson – Robby Fabbri
Ross Johnston – Mason McTavish – Brock McGinn

Defense:
Urho Vaakanainen – Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov – Brian Dumoulin
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 4-4-2 GAA 2.50 SV% .930 (Confirmed)

Minnesota Outlook 

The Wild played last night and beat the San Jose Sharks. Minnesota scored first and built a 4-1 lead before winning 5-2. Matt Boldy scored twice for the Wild and Macklin Celebrini also scored twice for the Sharks. The Wild will play the Ducks tonight and then the Blackhawks on Sunday to finish their short three game road trip. Marc-Andre Fleury was in net, so Filip Gustavsson will likely get the start tonight.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 3.62
Goals Against: 2.62
Power Play: 20.9%
Penalty Kill: 66.7%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 48.11%
Overall: 49.46%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 49.03%
Overall: 50.05%

Matt Boldy leads the team in scoring with eight goals.

Projected Lineup (From Last Night)

Offense
Kirill Kaprizov – Marco Rossi – Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno – Frederick Gaudreau – Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin – Marat Khusnutdinov – Jakub Lauko

Defense
Jonas Brodin – Jared Spurgeon
Jacob Middleton – Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm – Zach Bogosian

In Net:
Filip Gustavsson 6-2-1 GA 2.62 SV% .911 (Probable)

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November 8th, 2024