Game 22: St. Louis At Anaheim

St. Louis(11-8-2) at Anaheim(6-10-5)

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TV: 7:00 PM PT/10:00 PM ET, Fox Sports West

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks losing streak continued this past weekend as Anaheim lost to Vegas 3-2 in overtime. The Ducks have lost six games in a row and are in 7th place in the West Division ahead of the San Jose Sharks.

Zegras has looked good in his first week of NHL, but many question Dallas Eakins ice management of him and some of his lineup choices. For more discussion on that visit: Zegras Era Begins?

Poor starts, inconsistent play, and scoring have been issues for the Ducks this season. The Ducks average 1.95 goals a game, which ranks last in the league. They give up 2.81 against per game, which is 14th best in the NHL. The power play is only 10.4% efficient, which ranks 29th in the NHL. The penalty kill is ranked 5th in the league at 86.0%.

The most telling stat is Anaheim is 0-10-5 when their opponents score two or more goals.

Max Comtois leads the team in scoring with eight goals.

Team News:

Jamie Drysdale was called up to the taxi squad.

Andy Welinski was reassigned to the taxi squad.

Injury Updates

Hampus Lindholm will not play tonight and is day-to-day per Head Coach Dallas Eakins. Josa Mahura will play in his spot.

Carter Rowney(lower body) was injured in a collision in Monday’s game last week and was placed on the IR.

Josh Manson(oblique) has been practicing, but is still listed on the IR.

Taxi Squad:

David Backes
Jamie Drysdale
Vinni Lettieri
Anthony Stolarz
Andy Welinski

Projected Lineup

Offense:
Sonny Milano – Ryan Getzlaf – Max Jones
Trevor Zegras – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Max Comtois  – Isac Lundestrom – Rickard Rakell
Derek Grant – Sam Steel – Nicolas Deslauriers

Defense:
Josh Mahura – Kevin Shattenkirk
Cam Fowler – Jani Hakanpaa
Ben Hutton – Jacob Larsson

In Net:
John Gibson 5-8-4 GAA 2.68, SV% .907 (Confirmed)

St. Louis Outlook

The St. Louis Blues are one of the teams contending for a playoff spot in the West Division. They are currently tied for second place with the Minnesota Wild at 24 points.

They are coming off a wild 7-6 victory over the San Jose Sharks. The first goal came just 17 seconds into the contest by the Sharks and then the teams alternated goals through the first two periods of play. In the third period St. Louis scored first and again the teams traded goals with St. Louis getting the final score.

The St. Louis average 3.14 per game, which ranks 11th in the league. They give up 3.10 goals against per game, which is ranks them 24th in the NHL. Their power play is ranked 28th at 12.5% efficiency. The penalty is 73.3% efficient, which is 25th in the NHL.

Brayden Schenn leads the team in scoring with 10 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Zach Sanford – Ryan O’Reilly – Jordan Kyrou
David Perron – Brayden Schenn – Nathan Walker
Sammy Blais – Oskar Sundqvist – Mike Hoffman
Kyle Clifford – Mackenzie MacEachern – Jake Walman

Defense
Torey Krug – Justin Faulk
Vince Dunn – Marco Scandella
Niko Mikkola – Robert Bortuzzo

Goalie
Ville Husso 3-3-0, GAA 3.76, SV% .879 (Unconfirmed)

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March 1st, 2021