Game 21 Preview: Penguins Host Ducks

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 16, 01:33 PM | Hype this story!
Anaheim Ducks
Series – 1 GP
W L OTL Pts.
0 1 0 0
 
Pittsburgh Penguins
Series – 1 GP
Pts. W L OTL
2 1 0 0

2008-09 Series Results: Pit 1, Ana 0

7:30 at Mellon Arena
TV: FSN Pittsburgh (HD)
Radio: WXDX Radio, FM 105.9
Probable Goalies: Fleury (Pit), Hiller (Ana)
 
Projected Lineups
Penguins:   Ducks:
  • Fedotenko – Crosby – Malkin
  • Bourque – Staal – Guerin
  • Cooke – Letestu – Dupuis
  • Rupp – Adams – Godard
     
  • Skoula – Lovejoy
  • Eaton – Engelland
  • Guenin – McKee
     
  • Fleury
  • Johnson

per Penguins website

  
  • Ryan – Getzlaf – Perry
  • Lupul – Christensen – Selanne
  • Brown – Marchant – Nokelainen
  • Artyukhin – ? – Parros
     
  • Niedermayer – Boynton
  • Whitney – Wisniewski
  • Mikkelson – Eminger
  • Brookbank
     
  • Hiller
  • Giguere
 
Standings
  GP W L OTL Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 20 13 7 0 26 2, Atlantic 4, Eastern 7, NHL
Ducks 18 6 9 4 15 5, Pacific 15, Western 28, NHL
 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 61 56 13.3 81.5 6-4-0 7-3-0 4-6-0 1 win
Ducks 52 62 19.7 73.6 4-6-0 2-3-3 3-5-2 3 losses
 
Team Leaders
Penguins Stat Leader Ducks Stat Leader
Goals 10 Crosby Goals 13 Perry
Assists 13 Malkin Assists 20 Getzlaf
Points 20 Crosby Points 23 Perry
+/- +11 Goligoski +/- +5 Getzlaf, Perry
PIMs 42 McKee PIMs 39 Parros
 
Goalies
Penguins Fleury Johnson Ducks Hiller Giguere
Games 16 5 Games 15 5
Record 10-6-0 3-1-0 Record 6-7-1 0-2-2
GAA 2.52 2.93 GAA 3.03 3.23
Sv% .904 .899 Sv% .910 .902
SO 0 0 SO 1 0
 
Injuries/Suspensions
Penguins Injury Status
Goligoski, IR Groin Out until at least late November
Gonchar, IR Broken Wrist Out until at least mid-November
Kennedy, DTD Groin Out until late November
Kunitz, IR Lower Body Out until at least late November
Letang, IR Shoulder Contusion Out until mid-November
Orpik, IR Lower body Out until at least late November
Talbot, IR Shoulder surgery Out until at least late November
Ducks Injury Status
Carter, DTD Foot Questionable
Koivu, DTD Lower body Questionable
     
Note: Info up-to-date as of 12:30 pm, Monday, November 16, 2009.

Comments

  1. Nate

    Nov 16, 06:32 PM

    Goligoski, IR Groin Out until at least late November
    Gonchar, IR Broken Wrist Out until at least mid-November
    Kennedy, DTD Groin Out until late November
    Kunitz, IR Lower Body Out until at least late November
    Letang, IR Shoulder Contusion Out until mid-November
    Orpik, IR Lower body Out until at least late November
    Talbot, IR Shoulder surgery Out until at least late November

    AHHHGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

  2. bag o' pucks

    Nov 16, 09:00 PM

    Alrighty, then. A PP goal for, a SH goal against. So, the PP still sucks. And I don’t get what HCDB was talking about when he said Engelland was a bit ahead of Guenin in camp before they signed Skoula. Guenin won that competition, but Engelland is Bylsma’s boy, so there you go.

  3. DaBich

    Nov 17, 06:45 AM

    I was rather happy with Guenin’s play last night. Actually, all the newbies are doing ok, not perfect, but still not bad.

  4. Casey

    Nov 17, 08:47 AM

    I was also happy with Guenin’s play. I seem to remember him having a pretty nice takeaway in front of net, and in the Pens end he didn’t seem to hesitate putting the puck on the net. I was actually surprised by his shot.

  5. Matt Bodenschatz

    Nov 17, 09:46 AM

    To be honest, I have been impressed with both Guenin and Engelland equally. Lovejoy has been okay, but the other two appear to be ahead of him in terms of being NHL ready/capable.

    If nothing else, this stretch of injuries reassures us that the defensive depth the Penguins have is just as strong as it was one year ago when Phillipe Boucher was riding the pine and Goligoski was in the minors. Overall, the defense man not be as good without Scuderi and Gill on the PK, but the depth is just as good, if not better.

  6. bag o' pucks

    Nov 17, 11:26 AM

    Heh heh heh. I was grouchy after that shorthanded goal against last night. Staal’s shorty changed the game. Funny, what HCDB said about Staal, I was starting to think the same thing.

  7. DaBich

    Nov 17, 12:52 PM

    HCDB knows how to tweak his guys…he can get them to do more than they think they CAN do…gotta love it!

    Pucks, that’s an evil laugh you have there ;)

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