
Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs London Knights
December 18, 2021 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release
The Storm are back in action this afternoon as the London Knights come to visit Guelph for the Teddy Bear Toss game. The puck drops at 2:00pm.
The Storm are back today after a whole week without a game, the last game they played was against the Knights. That game took place last Saturday and had the Storm winning 4-0, which improved the Storm's record to 16-8-1-1. This record has them in 2nd place in conference standings and only one point behind the London Knights. The Storm are 3-2 in their last 5 games and currently are on a 2-game win streak. Guelph will be looking to keep the winning going this afternoon at home when the Knights come to town.
The London Knights enter today's game off last week's game against the Storm. Following the 4-0 loss to the Storm their record sits at 17-7-1-0 and maintain their spot in 1st in conference standings. Within their last 5 games the Knights are 2-3 and are currently on a 2-game losing streak where they've lost games to the Storm and the Windsor Spitfires. The Knight's will be looking to break this streak and come out hot against the Storm this afternoon.
HEAD TO HEAD
2021-22 Regular Season LDN 0-2-1-0 GUE 3-0-0-0
2019-20 Regular Season LDN 3-2-0-0 GUE 2-2-1-0
Last Five Years LDN 15-9-2-0 GUE 11-12-2-1
Last Five Years At London Knights LDN 8-5-1-0 GUE 6-7-1-0
Last Five Years At Guelph Storm LDN 7-4-1-0 GUE 5-5-1-1
TOP SCORERS
LAST 5 GAMES
MATCH UP
London KnightsGuelph Storm
Season Record 17-7-1-0 16-8-1-1
Last 10 Games 6-4-0-0 7-2-0-1
Streak 0-2-0-0 2-0-0-0
Last Game 0-0 T vs Owen Sound (2021-12-17) Postponed 0-0 T vs Erie (2021-12-17) Postponed
Home Record 8-4-1-0 8-3-0-1
Away Record 9-3-0-0 8-5-1-0
Goals For 89 100
Goals Against 67 87
Power Plays 24/91 (26.37%) 24/104 (23.08%)
Power Plays - Home 11/46 (23.91%) 11/47 (23.4%)
Power Plays - Away 13/45 (28.89%) 13/57 (22.81%)
Penalty Killing 18/97 (81.44%) 18/87 (79.31%)
Penalty Killing - Home 9/51 (82.35%) 7/40 (82.5%)
Penalty Killing - Away 9/46 (80.43%) 11/47 (76.6%)
Leading Rookie Smith (12-5-17) Poitras (8-12-20)
Most Penalty Minutes Gerard Keane Matthew Poitras
Team PIM/GM 10.6/25 9.3/26
Players to Watch:
Guelph Storm - Danny Zhilkin
In big games like this one against London, the teams' big players tend to show up. After impressing in games against London already this season, Zhilkin in this season has 23 points in 26 games and is an important piece to this team's success. Those 23 points consists of 10 goals and 13 assists, expect to see a great game from him this afternoon.
London Knights - Cody Morgan
Within 25 games this season Morgan has been able to score 10 goals and 13 assists for a total of 23 points. In his 4th OHL season, Morgan has been able to break out and become a top producer for his team. Keep an eye out for him tonight as the Knights take on the Storm.
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