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ST. LOUIS — Some of the sizzle is gone, but the easiness astatine which close helping Troy Terry plays returned erstwhile halfway Ryan Getzlaf rejoined the Ducks’ lineup Saturday aft a five-game layoff due to the fact that of a lower-body injury. Terry’s 16-game constituent streak ended past month, but his crippled seemed sharper Saturday.
“The crippled conscionable seems easier erstwhile he’s retired there,” Terry said. “He’s got the puck and helium slows it down. I’ve played capable with him present that I deliberation helium mightiness not spot me, but helium decidedly knows wherever I am. Just being capable to work disconnected him and the mode helium slows the crippled down.”
Terry, Getzlaf and near helping Adam Henrique had formed a precise productive line, helping to rise the level of Terry’s play to heights not seen successful his 158-game NHL career. Terry and Getzlaf, especially, were successful sync successful ways they ne'er were successful past unions. In fact, they weren’t bully unneurotic until this season.
At 1 point, they were the Ducks’ starring scorers, with Terry astatine the apical of the list, acknowledgment to his 16-game constituent streak. Getzlaf appeared rejuvenated successful his 17th play successful the NHL and Henrique seemed to person enactment past season’s struggles successful the rearview mirror.
However, Ducks manager Dallas Eakins had to set connected the alert erstwhile Getzlaf and Henrique were sidelined by lower-body injuries lone a mates of games apart. Getzlaf was wounded successful a Nov. 30 crippled against the Kings and Henrique was sidelined successful a Dec. 3 crippled against the Calgary Flames.
Not coincidentally, Terry cooled disconnected dramatically without them. Going into Sunday’s finale of the Ducks’ five-game travel against the St. Louis Blues, Terry had scored lone erstwhile successful six games since Getzlaf was hurt, a extremity Dec. 1 against Vegas. Terry’s past assistance was Dec. 6 against Washington.
Overall, Terry led the Ducks with 15 goals and 26 points going into Sunday, and Getzlaf had 1 extremity and a team-leading 19 assists. Henrique had six goals and 10 assists earlier helium was injured.
Getzlaf returned to the lineup for the Ducks’ 1-0 nonaccomplishment Saturday to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and had an instant interaction connected Terry’s play. Terry led the Ducks with 5 shots connected extremity and was unsafe connected astir each shift, peculiarly portion generating 3 fantabulous scoring chances successful the 2nd period.
“It was his archetypal crippled back, but I thought helium was fantastic,” Terry said of Getzlaf, who had 3 shots connected extremity and logged 21:25 of crystal time, tops among the Ducks’ forwards. “I deliberation helium was each implicit the place. It’s not conscionable me. He gives our full squad a boost. Just a calming beingness successful our locker room, too.”
ROSTER MOVES
The Ducks recalled Lukas Dostal from their AHL team, the San Diego Gulls, to service arsenic Anthony Stolarz’s backup Sunday. Dostal was summoned aft John Gibson was forced from Saturday’s crippled due to the fact that of a lower-body injury. In addition, the Ducks reassigned halfway Bo Groulx to the Gulls.
Dostal, 21, is 5-5-0 with a 2.83 goals-against mean and an .895 prevention percent successful 10 appearances with the Gulls this season, his archetypal afloat play successful the AHL aft helium divided 2020-21 with Ilves Tampere successful Finland and San Diego. He had yet to look successful an NHL game.
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