The Ducks have been led by the Frank Vatrano-Mason McTavish-Ryan Strome line. They've outscored opponents 8-2 at 5-on-5 and the three players have combined for 13 goals and 14 assists overall.
The Anaheim Ducks head into Pittsburgh on Monday riding a three-game win streak they'll want to extend to four against the Penguins.
The Ducks have been led by the Frank Vatrano-Mason McTavish-Ryan Strome line. They've outscored opponents 8-2 at 5-on-5 and the three players have combined for 13 goals and 14 assists overall.
They come up against a Penguins team that's trying to find its feet with some new faces, starting the season 3-5.
After playing the last two, it will be interesting to see if Leo Carlsson draws in tonight. The outlined plan has him only play two games a week, which means he could come out tonight and feature in Wednesday and Sunday's games.
But, with a big gap between games, maybe Carlsson will feature in all three this week.
After Lukas Dostal started the last game, I expect John Gibson to get the nod between the pipes.
Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines:
Forwards:
Adam Henrique - Trevor Zegras - Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano - Mason McTavish - Ryan Strome
Max Jones - Benoit Olivier-Groulx - Jakub Silfverberg
Ross Johnston - Sam Carrick - Brett Leason
Defense:
Cam Fowler - Tristan Luneau
Jackson LaCombe - Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov - Ilya Lyubushkin
Goalies:
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines:
Forwards:
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Drew O'Connor - Lars Eller - Radim Zohora
Matthew Nieto - Noel Acciari - Jeff Carter
Defense:
Ryan Graves - Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Chad Ruhwedel
Goalies:
Tristan Jarry
Magnus Hellberg