Game 28: Ducks vs Capitals

Anaheim (16-10-1) vs Washington (17-9-2)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 7 PM, KCOP-13 / Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks suffered their worst lost this season on Wednesday night against Utah. Anaheim was blown out 7-0 by Utah. The Ducks have been deploying a 11-7 lineup the last two contests. It worked against St. Louis, but obviously didn’t against Utah. It will be interesting to see what lineup is utilized tonight. Nikita Nesterenko and Ryan Strome have been healthy scratches the last two contests.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.48 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.37 Per Game
Power Play: 18.7%
Penalty Kill: 75.9%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 51.64%
Overall: 51.89%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.12%
Overall: 51.40%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 15 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

Petr Mrazek (lower-body) was placed on the IR and is expected to be out 2-3 weeks.

Lukas Dostal was placed on the IR and is expected to be out 2-3 weeks with an upper-body injury.

Mikael Granlund (lower-body) will draw back in tonight.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Mikael Granlund
Ross Johnston – Ryan Poehling – Alex Killorn

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger – Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov – Drew Helleson

In Net:
Ville Husso 2-2-0 GAA 3.46 SV% .859 (Confirmed)

Washington Outlook 

The red hot Capitals are currently on a six game winning streak. They have gone 9-1-0 in their last 10 games. They finish up their road trip tonight against the Ducks. The Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Tuesday and then blew the San Jose Sharks out of the water with a 7-1 win on Wednesday. Washington is 8-4-1 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.50 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.46 Per Game
Power Play: 13.6%
Penalty Kill: 74.1%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 53.71%
Overall: 52.37%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 54.00%
Overall: 52.44%

Tom Wilson leads the team with 16 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas – Connor McMichael – Tom Wilson
Ryan Leonard – Nic Dowd – Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime – Hendrix Lapierre – Sonny Milano

Defense
Martin Fehervary – Rasmus Sandin
Jakob Chychrun – Matt Roy
Declan Chisholm – Trevor van Riemsdyk

In Net:
Logan Thompson 12-6-1 GAA 2.02 SV% .919 (Confirmed)

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December 5th, 2025