GAMEDAY: Geese Face Off In opposition to Devils in Morning Hockey Conflict

It’s a Saturday morning matinee because the Geese (19-11-1) head to New Jersey to tackle the Devils (17-13-1).

Puck drop is about for 9:30 a.m. PT and can air on Victory+ and KCOP-13.

Anaheim’s three-game profitable streak got here to a halt on Thursday with a 5-2 loss to the Islanders.

“We had a extremely good first interval, and we’re down three-nothing,” head coach Joel Quenneville mentioned. “I believe that was the sport proper there in a nutshell. We had good tempo, good power. They obtained the breaks, and we’re chasing the sport after that. They test fairly good.”

Troy Terry notched a objective and an help within the loss whereas Leo Carlsson scored the staff’s different objective.

“It simply felt like issues escalated shortly in a short while within the first,” Terry mentioned. “I assumed we had pushback, however that’s a superb hockey staff. They know the right way to shut hockey video games and never allow you to again in it.”

The Geese did come again from being down 3-0, and regardless of the loss, there are positives Quenneville feels his staff can take shifting ahead to this morning’s matchup.

“We’re going to Jersey and let’s get excited understanding that it’s powerful getting back from [being down] 3-0 on this sport,” Quenneville mentioned. “We’ve had an honest begin to the yr. Now, it’s getting [to be] a special stretch right here the place we attempt to get factors day-after-day.”

Assist between the pipes for Anaheim was on the best way on Friday, because the staff activated Lukas Dostal from injured reserve. He final suited up on Nov. 22.

Just like the Geese, the Devils enter this sport additionally coming off a loss and are 1-7 of their final eight video games.

Jesper Bratt leads the staff in factors (27) whereas Timo Meier heads up the membership in targets with 11, but Meier is at present away from the staff on private go away and won’t play at the moment.

Moreover, New Jersey head coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned Arseny Gritsyuk will miss the Geese sport as a consequence of an higher physique harm.