Matt Beleskey News

Beleskey (lower-body) will return to the lineup on Wednesday.

Beleskey has missed the last three games, but will be back in tonight. Beleskey has skated on the top-line for the last few days, but tonight he will play on the second line with Ryan Kesler and Kyle Palmieri. Beleskey has had a career-year, scoring 22 goals and 10 assists (32 points) in 63 games.

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Beleskey (shoulder) is expected to return to the lineup on Friday.

Beleskey missed nearly one month with a shoulder injury, but it looks like he will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Wild. Beleskey will start on the Ducks top-line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. He has 21 goals and nine assists (30 points) in 56 games.

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Beleskey will return to the lineup on Friday.

Beleskey served as a healthy scratch in Wednesday's game, but he will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Devils. He is second on the team in goals (behind Corey Perry) with 17. He will skate on a line with Rickard Rakell and Devante Smith-Pelly.

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Beleskey is expected to be a healthy scratch tonight vs. Toronto.

This comes as a bit of a surprise considering Beleskey is leading the team in goals with 17, but his playing time has been diminishing as of late, so head coach Bruce Boudreau must want him to correct something. Tim Jackman will play with Beleskey out.

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Beleskey has been bumped up to the Ducks top-line.

After just one game the Ducks have already moved Dany Heatley off of the top-line and replaced him with Beleskey. The big winger has five goals in the first 10 games of the season. He is averaging 2.7 shots per game and firing at 18.5% right now.

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Beleskey (lower-body) will not play for the remainder of the second round.

Beleskey has not played since game 3 because of a lower-body issue. He has two goals and two assists in five games this postseason, but he will not be back until the next round, given the Ducks get by the Kings this round.

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Beleskey (undisclosed) is not on the ice for the Ducks' morning skate.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau said that his availability for game 2 likely depends on whether or not he skates. With Beleskey not skating that suggests that he won't play Friday. Consider him questionable, and expect Devante Smith-Pelly to take his spot in the lineup.

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