Game 18: Anaheim At St. Louis

Anaheim (5-11-1) At St. Louis (8-8-0)

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TV: 5 PM PT, Bally Sports West

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Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks are coming of a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. Anaheim scored first, but ended up giving up the game winning goal late in the third period. Trevor Zegras scored his team leading 8th goal in the losing effort. The Ducks have two more road games on the this trip both against the Blues.

Anaheim has been averaging 38.4 shots on goal against, while registering 30.2 in their favor. The Ducks have struggled on the penalty kill(64.5% efficiency) and on the power play(10.6% efficiency). The team has been averaging 2.65 goals per game, but has also been giving up 4.24 against.

Troy Terry leads the Ducks with 20 total points(7 G + 13 A).

Injury News:

Max Comtois is day-to-day with a lower body injury.

Nathan Beaulieu (arm) was placed on the IR(retroactive to November 9th).

Derek Grant (rib) was placed on the IR(retroactive to November 3rd).

Kevin Shattenkirk was activated off the IR, but won’t play tonight.

Roster Moves:

Drew Helleson was reassigned to San Diego.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Adam Henrique – Trevor Zegras –  Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano – Mason McTavish – Ryan Strome
Max Jones – Isac Lundestrom – Jakob Silfverberg
Pavol Regenda – Sam Carrick – Brett Leason

Defense:
Cam Fowler – Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit  – John Klingberg
Colton White – Austin Strand

In Net:
John Gibson 3-9-1 GAA 4.13 SV% .893 (Confirmed)

St. Louis Outlook 

The Blues have played 16 games so far this season and have gone 8-8-0, but they are currently on a five game winning streak. They beat San Jose at home and then went on the road defeating Vegas, Colorado, and Chicago. In their last game they had to go to a shootout to take down the Washington Capitals.

St. Louis averages 2.69 goals per game and give up 3.50 against. They have had success on the power play operating at 20.9% efficiency. The penalty kill has been average at 74.3% efficiency.

Jordan Kyrou leads the team with 6 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Vladimir Tarasenko
Brandon Saad – Ryan O’Reilly – Josh Leivo
Ivan Barbashev – Brayden Schenn – Jordan Kyrou
Nikita Alexandrov – Noel Acciari – Tyler Pitlick

Defense
Nick Leddy – Niko Mikkola
Torey Krug – Justin Faulk
Calle Rosen – Tyler Tucker

In Net
Jordan Binnington 7-5-0 GAA 2.98 SV% .905 (Confirmed)

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November 19th, 2022