Game 14: Ducks vs Sharks

By Michael Walters

Anaheim (7-6-0) vs Sharks (2-11-1)

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Anaheim Outlook

On Friday night the Ducks played the Philadelphia Flyers for the second and final time this season. Anaheim won the first meeting 7-4, but Philadelphia won the second game by a 6-3 final. The Ducks got down 3-0 and they try to mount a comeback, but ultimately still lost. Leo Carlsson scored his first NHL hat trick. He is the youngest player in franchise history to do so. The Ducks will look to get back to winning tonight against the struggling Sharks.

Anaheim has gone 6-4-0 in their last 10 games. They are currently in fourth place in the Pacific Division.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 3.08 (18th)
Goals Against: 3.08 (14th)
Power Play: 20.5% (16th)
Penalty Kill: 80.3% (14th)

Corsi For
Even Strength: 46.15% (29th)
Overall: 45.06% (29th)

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 46.42% (29th)
Overall: 45.29% (30th)

Frank Vatrano leads the team in goal scoring with nine.

Injury/Team News:

Trevor Zegras did not play Friday night. He is out with a lower-body injury and is listed as day-to-day.

Jamie Drysdale (lower body injury) was placed on the IR retroactively to October 15th. The timetable for his return is unknown. The Ducks are being cautious and don’t want to rush him back too early.

Brock McGinn is on the IR with a lower-body injury. He has been skating with the team.

Isac Lundestrom suffered an Achilles tendon injury while training in the beginning of July. He had surgery and the return time is about six months.

Projected Lineup(Per Derek Lee)

Offense:
Alex Killorn  – Leo Carlsson – Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano – Mason McTavish – Ryan Strome
Max Jones – Adam Henrique – Jakob Silfverberg
Ross Johnston – Sam Carrick – Brett Leason

Defense:
Cam Fowler – Jackson LaCombe
Urho Vaakanainen – Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov – Ilya Lyubushkin

In Net:
John Gibson 2-4-0 GAA 2.41 SV% .921 (Confirmed)

San Jose Outlook 

The Sharks have had an extremely rough start to their season losing their first 11 games. This past week they earned their first two wins of the season beating Philadelphia 2-1 and then downing Edmonton 3-2. On Friday they lost to Vegas 5-0. The Sharks have gone 0-6-0 on the road this season and will look to get their first road win tonight against the Ducks.

San Jose has gone 2-8-0 in their last 10 games. They are currently in last place in the Pacific Division.

By The Numbers:
Goals For: 1.21 (32nd)
Goals Against: 4.42 (32nd)
Power Play: 15.9% (23rd)
Penalty Kill: 72.5% (27th)

Corsi For
Even Strength: 41.33% (32nd)
Overall: 40.49% (32nd)

Fenwick For
Even Strength: 41.35% (32nd)
Overall: 40.46% (32nd)

Tomas Hertl leads the team in scoring with 2 goals and 7 assists.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
William Eklund – Tomas Hertl – Fabian Zetterlund
Filip Zadina – Mikael Granlund – Luke Kunin
Oskar Lindblom – Nico Sturm – Kevin LaBanc
Givani Smith – Ryan Carpenter – Mike Hoffman

Defense
Mario Ferraro – Calen Addison
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Kyle Burroughs
Jan Rutta – Nikita Okhotyuk

In Net
Kaapo Kahkonen 0-5-0 GAA 4.44 SV% .875 (Unconfirmed)

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November 12th, 2023