ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Geese tackle the Detroit Purple Wings of their remaining sport of a six-game homestand. The Geese are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Nov. 13 whereas the Purple Wings are coming off a 3-2 time beyond regulation win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 13.
Tonight’s matchup pits two of the league’s lowest-scoring groups. The Geese are lifeless final with 2.2 objectives per sport whereas the Purple Wings are fourth-worst with 2.47 objectives per sport. The Geese are additionally lifeless final in objectives for with 33 whereas the Purple Wings are second-worst with 37 objectives for.
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“There’s this dynamic the place we now have this unwillingness to shoot pucks,” Geese head coach Greg Cronin stated. “I believe there’s worth to a shot that comes from wherever on the ice the place there’s our bodies going on the internet. That (worth) will increase when it will get down there. And while you select to not shoot it, you are mainly taking away a chance to create chaos and create an awesome scoring likelihood.”
Defenseman Drew Helleson will make his season debut after being a wholesome scratch in opposition to the Golden Knights. He was recalled from AHL San Diego on Wednesday after Cam Fowler and Robby Fabbri were placed on injured reserve. Helleson will slot in for Urho Vaakanainen, who suffered an harm in opposition to the Golden Knights. His timeline is at present unknown.
“I believe (Helleson is) going to be very bodily,” Cronin stated. “I believe he’s going to be reliable defensively. He’s acquired that size and that dimension. I’m trying ahead to watching him tonight.”
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Helleson will probably be paired with Olen Zellweger tonight. The 2 participant spent nearly all of final season collectively within the AHL, although they weren’t common defensive companions.
(Zellweger is) a talented participant,” Helleson stated. “It is fairly superior while you get an opportunity to play with him. He’s a man you need to give the puck (to) and let him go to work. I will attempt to make it easy for him tonight and get the puck out of our zone after which let him go to work within the offensive zone.”
Helleson stated he’s centered on taking part in a easy sport and being exhausting to play in opposition to within the defensive zone, one thing that Cronin outlined with him throughout a protracted assembly yesterday whereas they mentioned the slight system variations between Anaheim and San Diego.
“It’s a bit bit totally different than what we had in San Diego,” Helleson stated. “He did an awesome job of explaining it by way of video.”
Geese Projected Traces
Alex Killorn – Leo Carlsson – Ryan Strome
Frank Vatrano – Trevor Zegras – Troy Terry
Brock McGinn – Isac Lundeström – Brett Leason
Cutter Gauthier – Jansen Harkins – Ross Johnston
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov – Brian Dumoulin
Olen Zellweger – Drew Helleson
John Gibson (confirmed)
Purple Wings Projected Traces
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Andrew Copp – J.T. Compher – Patrick Kane
Jonatan Berggren – Marco Kasper – Vladimir Tarasenko
Michael Rasmussen – Joe Veleno – Christian Fischer
Simon Edvinsson – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson – Erik Gustafsson
Alex Lyon (confirmed)
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