Ducks @ Wild GAMETHREAD: Hockey Valentines

Stat Pack

Projected Lines

Anaheim:

Antoine Vermette-Ryan Getzlaf-Jakob Silfverberg

Nick Ritchie-Rickard Rakell-Corey Perry

Andrew Cogliano-Ryan Kesler-Logan Shaw

Joseph Cramarossa-Nate Thompson-Ondrej Kase

Cam Fowler-Kevin Bieksa

Hampus Lindholm-Brandon Montour

Shea Theodore-Josh Manson

John Gibson

Jonathan Bernier

Minnesota:

Nino Niederreiter-Eric Staal-Alex Tuch

Jason Zucker-Mikko Koivu-Mikael Granlund

Zach Parise-Charlie Coyle-Jason Pominville

Chris Stewart-Erik Haula-Zach Mitchell

Ryan Suter-Jared Spurgeon

Marco Scandella-Christian Folin

Gustav Olofsson-Nate Prosser

Devan Dubnyk

Darcey Kuemper

Numbers For Nerds

Andrew Cogliano is having a phenomenal season from a possession perspective that seems to be going mostly unnoticed.

After starting the season hot with 4 goals in the first 10 games of the season, the compact iron man tapered off in his point production. So it's not much of a surprise that he's fallen off many people's radars.

It seems logical to assume that playing on a defensive shut down line with a massive amount of penalty kill minutes would take a toll on most skaters possession numbers. But Cogliano has been proving that model wrong.

The 29 year old winger is currently rocking a 54.77 CF% in all situations and a 54.65 CF% in even strength ones.

Not only is he drawing among the toughest defensive assignments on the team, he's leading all forwards in Corsi in every measure available.

Cogliano may not be a 20-30 goal offensive force, but with his relentless physical play, speedy skates, and seemingly indestructible body, there's a reason number 7 is a fan-favorite in Anaheim.