Game 33: Ducks Host Rangers

By Michael Walters

New York(16-12-3) at Anaheim(13-15-4)

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Anaheim Outlook

The Anaheim Ducks are coming off 21 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings got out to a 2-0 lead in the contest. The Ducks tried to rally in the third period. Anaheim was able to get one goal, but despite a big push in the third period they still came up short. The Ducks are 1-1-0 against the Kings so far this season.

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The Ducks will host the New York Rangers today at 1 PM. Anaheim has played three day time games so far this season. The Ducks 0-3-0 in their day time contests. They lost to the Boston Bruins and the Winnipeg Jets twice.

Jakob Silfverberg leads the team with 11 goals.

Roster News:

Brendan Guhle was reassigned to San Diego.

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Devin Shore – Ryan Getzlaf – Troy Terry
Rickard Rakell –   Sam Carrick – Jakob Silfverberg
Max Comtois – Adam Henrique – Ondrej Kase
Nicolas Deslauriers – Derek Grant – Carter Rowney

Defense:
Josh Manson – Hampus Lindholm
Cam Fowler – Erik Gudbranson
Michael Del Zotto – Korbinian Holzer

In Net:
John Gibson 9-13-2, GAA 2.79, SV% .910(Unconfirmed)

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New York Outlook

The New York Rangers are on a four-game west coast road trip. The Rangers have beaten the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks. They did lose to the Los Angele Kings. New York is 8-6-1 on the road this season.

The Rangers have been doing well offensively on the season averaging 3.23 goals per game. They do, however, give up 3.10 on average against. On the power play, they are 20.9% efficient and they kill off their opponent’s man advantages 78.1% of the time.

Artemi Panarin leads the team in scoring with 18 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Artemi Panarin – Ryan Strome – Kaapo Kakko
Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Pavel Buchnevich
Greg McKegg – Filip Chytil – Jesper Fast
Micheal Haley –Brett Howden – Brendan Smith

Defense:
Brady Skjei – Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal – Anthony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox

In Net
Alexandar Georgiev 9-5-1, GAA 2.69, SV% .923(Unoncifrmed)

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December 14th, 2019