GAMETHREAD: Vancouver @ Anaheim (10/23/16)

Projected Starting Line-Ups:

Anaheim Ducks:

Forwards:

Nick Ritchie -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry

Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg

Ryan Garbutt -- Antoine Vermette -- Chris Wagner

Emerson Etem -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Jared Boll

Defense:

Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson

Clayton Stoner -- Sami Vatanen

Shea Theodore -- Kevin Bieksa

John Gibson

Jonathon Bernier

Scratched: Simon Despres (injured: day-to-day with an upper back injury).

Vancouver Canucks:

Forwards:

Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Sven Baertschi

Markus Granlund -- Brandon Sutter -- Jannik Hansen

Loui Eriksson -- Bo Horvat -- Jake Virtanen

Alex Burrows -- Brendan Gaunce -- Derek Dorsett

Defense:

Alexander Edler -- Chris Tanev

Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson

Luca Sbisa -- Phillip Larsen

Ryan Miller

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Anton Rodin (Injured: Long term IR – Knee Injury)

Game Notes:

· Tonight will be the Duck’s Home Opener. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as the Ducks players will be greeting fans at the white carpet and interviewing with Kent French.

· The Ducks are coming off of their first win last Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers and are now 1-3-1

· The Vancouver Canucks are coming off of their first loss last night (in a shootout) against the Los Angeles Kings making them 4-0-1.

· Unfortunately, the Ducks have a 6-16 record for their home openers since becoming a team in 1993. However, their last home opener victory was back in the 2012-13 season against…the Vancouver Canucks!