Game 43: Tampa Bay vs Anaheim
Tampa Bay (27-9-5) at Anaheim(19-16-7)
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Anaheim Outlook
The Ducks are currently on a four game losing streak dropping games to Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Chicago, and Colorado. Anaheim has been outscored 16-4 during that span of games. They have had issues scoring goals, but they also been shorthanded several players.
Troy Terry, Cam Fowler, and Anthony Stolarz all tested positive during the weekend. Anaheim is also missing Adam Henrique, Josh Mahura, and Sonny Milano due to injuries.
Overall this season, Anaheim continues to thrive on special teams. The Ducks are 25.0% efficient on the power play, which ranks 7th in the league. Their penalty kill is 85.1% efficient, which ranks 4th in the NHL. The Ducks are tied for second place in the Pacific Division with LA in terms of points.
Troy Terry leads the team in scoring with 22 goals.
Roster Moves:
Brogan Rafferty has been recalled to the Ducks.
Danny O’Regan has been recalled to the taxi squad.
Benoit Olivier-Groulx was reassigned to San Diego.
Taxi Squad:
Olle Eriksson Ek
Vinni Lettieri
Greg Pateryn
Danny O’Regan
Injury/COVID News:
Josh Mahura was activated off the IR.
Sonny Milano took an elbow to the face and did not return in the game against Minnesota. He was placed on the IR today.
Cam Fowler and Anthony Stolarz tested positive for COVID on Saturday(1/15). Josh Manson tested positive on January 18th. Troy Terry was placed on it Friday(1/14).
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:
Trevor Zegras – Ryan Getzlaf – Rickard Rakell
Max Comtois – Sam Steel – Vinni Lettieri
Derek Grant – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers – Sam Carrick – Buddy Robinson
Defense:
Hampus Lindholm – Jamie Drysdale
Jacob Larsson – Kevin Shattenkirk
Josh Mahura – Greg Pateryn
In Net:
John Gibson 12-9-6 GAA 2.64 SV% .917 (Confirmed)
Tampa Bay Outlook
The Lightning are currently on a three game winning streak. They beat the Coyotes in back-to-back contest and then took down Minnesota in a shootout. They have gone 8-1-1 in the last 10 games and are in first place in the Central Division and Western Conference.
The Lightning average 3.39 goals per game, which ranks 7th in the league. They give up 2.78 goals against on average. On the power play they are 23.6% efficient, which i tied for 8th in the league. They are tied for 28th in the league on the penalty kill at 74.1% efficiency.
Steven Stamkos leads the team in scoring with 19 goals.
Projected Lineup
Offense
Corey Perry – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn – Anthony Cirelli – Steven Stamkos
Pat Maroon – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Mathieu Joseph
Boris Katchouk – Ross Colton – Taylor Raddysh
Defense
Victor Hedman – Callan Foote
Ryan McDonagh – Mikhail Sergachev
Daniel Walcott – Andrej Sustr
In Net
Andrei Vasilevskiy 23-6-3 GAA 2.20 SV% .923(Confirmed)
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January 21st, 2022