Game 44: Ducks At Capitals

Anaheim (18-20-5) At Washington (28-10-5)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 4 PM, Victory+, KCOP-13

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks started out the road trip with two difficult losses to St. Louis and Philadelphia. Anaheim was then able to rebound and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime. It’s been a wild time with the Ducks lately. They went 5-1-0 against playoff teams recently, but have also gone 0-2-1 against non-playoff teams.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 2.47
Goals Against: 3.12
Power Play: 13.0%
Penalty Kill: 72.7%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 45.22%
Overall: 45.83%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 45.58%
Overall: 46.05%

Troy Terry leads the team with 14 goals.

Team/Injury News:

Troy Terry was activated off the non-roster designation yesterday. He joined the team and will play tonight.

Trevor Zegras said his knee is feeling good and thinks he could be back before the original six week timeline estimate. He has been practicing, but is still listed on the IR. He is not currently with the team on this road trip.

Brock McGinn (knee) remains on the IR.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Alex Killorn – Leo Carlsson – Sam Colangelo
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Robby Fabbri
Jansen Harkins – Isac Lundeström – Brett Leason

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas
Brian Dumoulin – Drew Helleson
Pavel Mintyukov – Jacob Trouba

In Net:
John Gibson 7-6-2 GAA 2.90 SV% .909 (Confirmed)

Capitals Outlook 

The Capitals split a pair of back-to-back games over the weekend. They first hosted the Montreal Canadiens and lost 3-2 in overtime. They then traveled to Nashville and took down the Predators 4-1.

The Capitals are 14-4-4 at home this season and are in first place in the Metropolitan Division.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 3.63
Goals Against: 2.58
Power Play: 24.0%
Penalty Kill: 83.5%

Corsi For
Even Strength: 49.77%
Overall: 49.42%

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 50.88%
Overall: 50.35%

Alex Ovechkin leads the team in scoring with 20 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Alex Ovechkin – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael – Dylan Strome – Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh – Lars Eller – Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Andrew Mangiapane

Defense
Rasmus Sandin – John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehérváry – Matt Roy

In Net:
Logan Thompson 18-2-3 GAA 2.32 SV% .919 (Confirmed)

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January 14th, 2025