GAMEDAY: BARRACUDA VS GULLS (3-12-17)
Mar 12, 2017
Game #54 – San Jose Barracuda (35-12-2-4) vs. San Diego (34-14-3-2)
Sunday, March 12, 2017
1:15 PM PST, SAP Center, San Jose, Calif.
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Tonight’s Matchup: The San Jose Barracuda and San Diego Gulls duel for the fifth and final time at SAP Center on Sunday afternoon. The matchup pins the Pacific’s top two teams against one another for the third time in the last week. San Jose is 4-0-0-0 against the Gulls at home this season and hold the best home winning percentage in the AHL (19-4-1-2= .788), while the Gulls (15-7-2-1= .660) enter Sunday with the best road winning percentage League.
League Leader: The San Jose Barracuda sit atop the AHL with a .717 winning percentage. San Jose set a league long 14-game winning streak from January 25 to March 1 and a 15-game point streak from January to 25 to March 4, sweeping the month of February with an 11-0 record.
Setting Goals: San Jose is the only team in the AHL with 10 or more skaters with 10 or more goals, and their plus-49 goal differential is third best in the League.
Feed Heed: Among AHL defensemen, Barracuda d-man Tim Heed is third in the AHL in points (12+34=46), seventh in goals, second in assists, T-fifth in power-play goals (7), T-second in game-winning goals (4) and is T-19th overall in the league in points. Heed has points in ten of his last 12 games.
Ryan Rising: Among AHL defenseman, Barracuda blueliner Joakim Ryan is T-eighth among AHL defensemen in points (7+27=34), eighth in assists, and is third in the AHL in plus/minus (+26).
Dynamic Danny: Among rookies, Barracuda All-Star forward Danny O’Regan is first in points (18+31=47), first in assists, seventh in goals, T-third in power-play goals (6), and is T-eighth in points overall in the AHL. O’Regan scored the tying goal and OT winner in Sunday’s victory over San Diego.
Troy Trending: Barracuda All-Star netminder Troy Grosenick collected his league leading eighth shutout on Saturday and is now second in goals-against average (2.09), fourth in save percentage (.929) and third in wins (23). Grosenick’s last regulation loss came in San Diego on January 20.