Game 41: Anaheim At Chicago

Anaheim(19-14-7) at Chicago(14-18-5)

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TV: 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET, KCOP

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks got a beat down last night at the hands of the Wild. Anaheim got down 2-0 early in the game and eventually lost 7-3. Max Comtois, Derek Grant, and Trevor Zegras scored in the losing effort. Anaheim was without Troy Terry who tested positive and John Gibson who is still in the COVID protocol.

Anaheim continues to thrive on special teams. The Ducks are 26.4% efficient on the power play, which ranks 5th in the league. Their penalty kill is 85.3% efficient, which is tied for 4th in the NHL.

Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with 22 goals.

Roster Moves:

Olle Eriksson Ek was added to the roster from the taxi squad.

Benoit Olivier-Groulx were assigned to the taxi squad.

Taxi Squad:

Benoit Olivier-Groulx
Vinni Lettieri
Greg Pateryn

Injury/COVID News:

Sonny Milano took an elbow to the face last night and did not return to the game. He is questionable for tonight.

Simon Benoit was placed in the COVID protocol on Thursday and Troy Terry was placed on it Friday.

John Gibson is also still in the COVID protocol and not with the team in Minnesota.

Josh Mahura remains on the IR with an upper-body injury. He has resumed skating.

Adam Henrique has an lower-body injury and remains on the IR. He has been skating on his own, but the timeline for his return is unknown.

Max Jones had surgery to repair a pectoralis major tendon tear and will be out for 4-6 months.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Sonny Milano – Ryan Getzlaf – Sam Carrick
Max Comtois – Trevor Zegras – Rickard Rakell
Derek Grant – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers – Sam Steel – Buddy Robinson

Defense:
Cam Fowler  – Josh Manson
Hampus Lindholm – Jamie Drysdale
Jacob Larsson – Kevin Shattenkirk

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 1-0-0 GAA 2.89 SV% .918 (Probable)

Chicago Outlook

The Blackhawks are on a three game winning streak. They beat Vegas 2-1, Columbus 4-2, and Montreal 3-2 in overtime. Chicago has gone 4-3-3 in their last 10 games and are currently in 7th place in the Central Division.

Chicago averages 2.35 goals per game, which is 29th in the league. They give up 3.32 goals against on average. On the power play they are 18.3% efficient, which ranks 21st in the league. They are 27th in the league on the penalty kill at 75.2% efficiency.

Alex DeBrincat leads the team in scoring with 23 goals.

Projected Lineup

Offense
Brandon Hagel – Lukas Reichel – Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat – Jonathan Toews – Dominik Kubalik
Henrik Borgstrom – Sam Lafferty – Philipp Kurashev
Jujhar Khaira – Ryan Carpenter – Mackenzie Entwistle

Defense
Calvin de Haan – Connor Murphy
Riley Stillman – Jakub Galvas
Caleb Jones – Erik Gustafsson

In Net
Marc-Andre Fleury 12-11-2 GAA 2.84 SV% .911 (Unconfirmed)

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January 15th, 2022