Ducks How they match up Sharks
1.00 Goals per game 6.00
2.50 Goals-against avg. 3.00
0.0% Power play 50.0%
81.8% Penalty killing 57.1%
Outlook: The Sharks opened their season with an easy 6-3 home victory over Phoenix as Joe Pavelski and Andrew Desjardins each scored two goals. Thomas Greiss made 26 saves as he got the start in place of Antti Niemi, who is recovering from having a cyst removed from his knee. Niemi is expected to travel with the team to Anaheim and has not been ruled out for playing. Martin Havlat will not play as he is dealing with a shoulder injury. The Ducks will try to break an 0-for-11 drought on the power play to start the season.
Ducks update: This is the home opener and first game on North American soil for Anaheim, which split its two games in Europe -- earning a 2-1 shootout victory over the New York Rangers in Stockholm after losing 4-1 to Buffalo in Helsinki.
Ducks injuries: D Kurtis Foster (thigh) and D Matt Smaby (thumb) are out; LW Matt Beleskey (shoulder) and D Toni Lydman (shoulder) are questionable.
Sharks injuries: F Marty Havlat (shoulder) and G Antero Niittymaki (hip surgery) are out; G Antti Niemi (knee) is questionable.
1.00 Goals per game 6.00
2.50 Goals-against avg. 3.00
0.0% Power play 50.0%
81.8% Penalty killing 57.1%
Outlook: The Sharks opened their season with an easy 6-3 home victory over Phoenix as Joe Pavelski and Andrew Desjardins each scored two goals. Thomas Greiss made 26 saves as he got the start in place of Antti Niemi, who is recovering from having a cyst removed from his knee. Niemi is expected to travel with the team to Anaheim and has not been ruled out for playing. Martin Havlat will not play as he is dealing with a shoulder injury. The Ducks will try to break an 0-for-11 drought on the power play to start the season.
Ducks update: This is the home opener and first game on North American soil for Anaheim, which split its two games in Europe -- earning a 2-1 shootout victory over the New York Rangers in Stockholm after losing 4-1 to Buffalo in Helsinki.
Ducks injuries: D Kurtis Foster (thigh) and D Matt Smaby (thumb) are out; LW Matt Beleskey (shoulder) and D Toni Lydman (shoulder) are questionable.
Sharks injuries: F Marty Havlat (shoulder) and G Antero Niittymaki (hip surgery) are out; G Antti Niemi (knee) is questionable.
