Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs Windsor Spitfires
The Storm are back at home tonight as the Windsor Spitfires makes the trip to the Sleeman Centre. The puck drops at 7:30pm.
The Storm come into tonight’s second half of the home and home off the back of a shootout loss. Just getting beat out by a score of 4-3 in a shootout last night puts the teams record at 32-23-5-3 which extends the point gap to Owen Sound who sit in 6th to 2 points, and Guelph remain in 5th overall in the conference standings. Tonight, will be another big night as the two face off again and the Storm look to get a win at home.
Windsor come into tonight’s game sitting in 1st in the western conference and a record of 4-1 against the Storm this season. With an overall record of 42-16-3-3 the Spitfires remain in 2nd overall in the league wide standings. Extending their winning streak to 11 games makes them the team to beat as they look to clinch first in the conference.
HEAD TO HEAD
2021-22 Regular Season | |
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WSR 4-1-0-0 | GUE 1-3-0-1 |
2019-20 Regular Season | |
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WSR 1-1-0-0 | GUE 1-1-0-0 |
Last Five Years | |
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WSR 13-6-0-0 | GUE 6-10-1-2 |
Last Five Years At Windsor Spitfires | |
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WSR 8-2-0-0 | GUE 2-5-1-2 |
Last Five Years At Guelph Storm | |
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WSR 5-4-0-0 | GUE 4-5-0-0 |
Previous Meetings This Season |
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Guelph 3 @ Windsor 4 (2022-04-07)
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Windsor 1 @ Guelph 7 (2022-02-25)
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Guelph 2 @ Windsor 5 (2022-02-03)
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Windsor 3 @ Guelph 2 (2022-01-28)
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Guelph 3 @ Windsor 6 (2021-10-28)
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TOP SCORERS
Windsor Spitfires | Guelph Storm |
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(44-77-121)
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(34-40-74)
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(38-43-81)
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(20-30-50)
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(42-36-78)
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(19-26-45)
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(8-54-62)
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(12-32-44)
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(28-24-52)
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(4-38-42)
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LAST 5 GAMES
Windsor Spitfires | Guelph Storm |
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4 – 3 W v. Guelph (2022-04-07)
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3 – 4 L @ Windsor (2022-04-07)
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6 – 3 W @ Owen Sound (2022-04-02)
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5 – 4 W @ Saginaw (2022-04-03)
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5 – 3 W @ Kitchener (2022-04-01)
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5 – 1 W @ Flint (2022-04-02)
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5 – 1 W v. Sarnia (2022-03-31)
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6 – 5 W v. Owen Sound (2022-04-01)
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5 – 4 W @ Sault Ste. Marie (2022-03-27)
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0 – 4 L v. London (2022-03-27)
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MATCH UP
Windsor Spitfires | Guelph Storm | |
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Season Record | 42-16-3-3 | 32-23-5-3 |
Last 10 Games | 10-0-0-0 | 5-4-0-1 |
Streak | 11-0-0-0 | 0-0-0-1 |
Last Game | 4-3 W vs Guelph (2022-04-07) Final SO | 4-3 L @ Windsor (2022-04-07) Final SO |
Home Record | 25-7-1-1 | 17-10-3-1 |
Away Record | 17-9-2-2 | 15-13-2-2 |
Goals For | 286 | 235 |
Goals Against | 233 | 212 |
Power Plays | 65/249 (26.1%) | 57/241 (23.65%) |
Power Plays – Home | 34/121 (28.1%) | 27/119 (22.69%) |
Power Plays – Away | 31/128 (24.22%) | 30/122 (24.59%) |
Penalty Killing | 43/236 (81.78%) | 41/227 (81.94%) |
Penalty Killing – Home | 27/124 (78.23%) | 19/113 (83.19%) |
Penalty Killing – Away | 16/112 (85.71%) | 22/114 (80.7%) |
Leading Rookie | Abraham (13-29-42) | Poitras (19-26-45) |
Most Penalty Minutes | Nathan Ribau | Luka Profaca |
Team PIM/GM | 10.1/64 | 9.4/63 |
Players to Watch:
Guelph Storm – Matthew Poitras
Poitras who is currently on a 3-game points streak is a player to watch tonight. Over this point steak he has scored 2 goals and totalled 3 assists, he is also coming off a 2 assists night last night against the Spitfires. Over his 63 games played this season he has scored 19 goals and tallied 26 assists for a total of 45 points.
Windsor Spitfires – Wyatt Johnston
The OHL point and assist leader is a player to watch as his current point streak sits at 10 games. In these 10 games he’s scored 12 goals and assisted on 12 for a total of 24 points. Over his 64 games played he has scored 44 goals and tallied 77 assists for a total of 121 points.
Upcoming Games:
The Storm are at home tonight for a 7:30pm puck drop against the Windsor Spitfires. For tickets to tonight click here! The Storm then head to London to take on the Knights on Sunday for a 2:00pm start. Then next Friday, April. 15th the Storm are back at home as the Kitchener Rangers visit the Sleeman Centre. This game will also be a 7:30pm puck drop and for tickets to the April. 15th game click here!