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CanucksArmy Utica Comets Pre-Game: Game #28, Utica Comets at Binghamton Devils
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Cory Hergott
Dec 14, 2019, 15:00 ESTUpdated: Dec 14, 2019, 12:23 EST
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Utica Comets Pre-Game
Game #28
Utica Comets at Binghamton Devils
Saturday, December 14th, 2019
7:05 pm Eastern/4:05 pm Pacific
The 15-9-1-2 Utica Comets hit the road to Bingo to take on the 7-15-4-0 Devils, (New Jersey affiliate) for game 28 of the season today at 7:05 pm Eastern/4:05 pm Pacific. The Comets have gone 8-3-0-1 on the road this season, while the Devils show a home record of 4-5-3-0 this year.
Utica shows a record of 5-3-0-2 over their previous 10 games while the Devils have gone 1-8-1-0 over that same span. The teams are at different ends of the spectrum in terms of goal differential as the Comets have outscored their opponents by a 98-80 margin, while the Devils have scored 67 goals and have allowed 96.
The Comets penalty kill has taken a bit of a hit over their last couple of games, but they have still only allowed 18 goals while down a man 120 times to give themselves a success rate of 85.0% on the kill. Their power play continues to impress with 27 goals on 107 opportunities, giving them a 25.2% success rate with the extra man.
The Devils, for their part, have gone 15/90 with the extra man, giving them a success rate of 16.7% on the power play. Their penalty kill has allowed 17 goals while down a man 82 times for a 79.3% success rate.
Reid Boucher leads the Comets with 19 goals and 13 assists to give himself 32 points in 22 games this season. Nikolay Goldobin sits second with nine goals and 15 assists, giving him 24 points in 21 games, while Kole Lind rounds out the top three with seven goals and 15 helpers, giving him 22 points in 27 games.
Brogan Rafferty leads the Comets rookies with three goals and 19 helpers to give himself 22 points in 27 games this year. Fabian Zetterlund leads the Devils rookie crew with three goals and three helpers to give himself six points in 18 games.
Ben Street is the top dog in Bingo with 10 goals and 17 assists, giving him 27 points in 26 games this year. Brett Seney sits second with 11 goals and 11 assists to give himself 22 points in 25 games while Joey Anderson rounds out their top three with his seven goals and 11 helpers, giving him 18 points in 26 games.
Season Series
This will be the seventh game of the season between the two clubs as the Comets have won four of the first six contests. The last two games were decided in overtime with each team taking a win. The Comets have outscored the Devils by a count of 21-16 over the first six games of the series.
The Comets special teams have been better in the series as well with Utica going 2/15 on the power play for a 13.3% success rate while killing off 16 of 17 Devils’ power plays for a 94.1% success rate.
Ben Street leads the series with seven points, while Reid Boucher, Francis Perron, and Brogan Rafferty have each collected six. Carter Bancks, Kole Lind, and Brett Seney have picked up five points apiece, while five other skaters have earned four.
Three different netminders have seen time for the Devils against the Comets as Louis Domingue, (1-0-1, 2.46 goals-against-average, 0.906% save percentage), Gilles Senn, (1-0-0, 3.72 GAA, 0.886% save percentage) and Evan Cormier, (0-3-0, 3.77 GAA, 0.885% save percentage) have all seen action.
The Comets have used Zane McIntyre, (3-1-0, 2.02 GAA, 0.929% save percentage) and Mikey DiPietro, (1-0-1, 3.30 GAA, 0.894% save percentage) in the series. DiPietro won’t be available today, so we could see Richard Bachman in action after McIntyre played yesterday.
Roster News
While nothing has happened yet, and the team has been trying to accommodate him for some time, we found out today that Sven Baertschi is looking for a move from the Canucks system. Rick Dhaliwal from TSN1040 in Vancouver sent out a few tweets today to let us know what’s up with the Baertschi camp. It’s something to keep an eye on going forward. Who knows, maybe the team can find a center who can play in Utica in a Baertschi deal.
Scratched Yesterday For Utica
  1. Wacey Hamilton: C/W – Upper-body injury, week-to-week. AHL deal.
  2. Dyson Stevenson: W/C – Undisclosed injury, no timeframe. AHL deal.
  3. David Pope: LW – Healthy scratch. NHL deal.
  4. Mitch Eliot: RD – Healthy scratch. NHL deal.
  5. Stefan LeBlanc: LD – Healthy scratch. AHL deal.
The two clubs will get underway today in Binghamton at 7:05 pm Eastern/4:05 pm Pacific. As always, stay tuned for your CanucksArmy post-game report following today’s action.

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