Game 18: Ducks At Blackhawks

Anaheim (7-8-2) at Chicago (6-11-1)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks played last night in Dallas and took down the Stars 4-2. Olen Zellweger scores in the opening moments of the game. Brett Leason and Cutter Gauthier also scored to give Anaheim a 3-0 lead after two periods. The Stars did fight back in the third period pulling within one goal, but a late tally by Jackson LaCombe sealed the win for Anaheim.

Anaheim played Chicago back on November 3rd at home. The Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead and eventually won 4-2. This will be the second of three meetings between each other this season. The Ducks are 3-3-2 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.53
Goals Against: 3.06
Power Play: 15.8%
Penalty Kill: 68.1%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 44.99%
Overall: 43.60%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 45.20%
Overall: 44.33%

Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with six goals.

Team/Injury News:

Robby Fabbri had surgery on his meniscus and is expected to be out six weeks.

Cam Fowler (upper-body) was placed on the IR this week and is expected to be out 2-4 weeks.

Mason McTavish (upper-body) also currently on the IR.

Urho Vaakanainen (upper-body) is questionable tonight.

Brock McGinn (Lower-body) will not play tonight. He left last night’s game in the second period after crashing into the boards on a scoring attempt. Sam Colangelo will draw in the lineup as a result.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Trevor Zegras  – Leo Carlsson – Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier  – Isac Lundestrom – Brett Leason
Ross Johnston – Jansen Harkins – Sam Colangelo

Defense:
Brian Dumoulin – Drew Helleson
Pavel Mintyukov – Radko Gudas
Jackson LaCombe – Olen Zellweger

In Net:
John Gibson 2-0-0 GAA 3.01 SV% .908 (Confirmed)

Chicago Outlook 

The Blackhawks are currently on a two game losing skid. They return home from a quick two game road trip where they lost 3-1 in Seattle and then 4-1 in Vancouver. They are in eighth place in the Central Division and have gone 2-4-0 while at home.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.33
Goals Against: 3.11
Power Play: 20.0%
Penalty Kill: 77.8%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 45.27%
Overall: 44.93%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 46.13%
Overall: 46.02%

Ryan Donato leads the team in scoring with eight goals.

Projected Lineup (Per Charlie Roumeliotis)

Offense
Connor Bedard – Jason Dickinson – Joey Anderson
Taylor Hall – Ryan Donato – Ilya Mikheyev
Philipp Kurashev – Nick Foligno – Teuvo Teravainen
Tyler Bertuzzi – Lukas Reichel – Craig Smith

Defense
Alex Vlasic – Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan – Alec Martinez
Wyatt Kaiser – T.J. Brodie

In Net:
Arvid Soderblom 1-3-1 GA 2.22 SV% .934 (Confirmed)

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November 19th, 2024