Game 29: Ducks vs Blackhawks

Anaheim (17-10-1) vs Chicago (12-10-6)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 5 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 did bounce back on Friday against the Washington Capitals. Anaheim played to a regulation tie and then won in the shootout 4-3. Mikael Granlund returned to action from injury and the Ducks went back to the traditional 12-6 lineup. Ian Moore was a healthy scratch against Chicago.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.46 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.36 Per Game
Power Play: 17.7%
Penalty Kill: 75.8%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 51.73%
Overall: 52.03%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.32%
Overall: 51.62%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 16 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

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

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

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

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 3-2-0 GAA 3.28 SV% .859 (Unconfirmed)

Chicago Outlook 

The Blackhawks just finished back-to-back games against the Los Angeles Kings. They won a tight game on Thursday 2-1 and then were shutout yesterday 6-0. They are 1-1-1 on their current road trip which ends tonight in Anaheim.

This will be their third and final meeting with the Ducks. They beat Anaheim 2-1 in overtime back in October and then rallied down 3-0 in the last contest to win 5-3.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.04 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.93 Per Game
Power Play: 22.4%
Penalty Kill: 84.5%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 46.84%
Overall: 46.51%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 46.90%
Overall: 46.37%

Connor Bedard leads the team with 18 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Ryan Greene – Connor Bedard – Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore – Frank Nazar – Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato – Jason Dickinson – Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach – Sam Lafferty

Defense
Alex Vlasic – Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser – Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk – Connor Murphy
Sam Rinzel

In Net:
Arvid Soderblom 3-4-1 GAA 3.53 SV% .979 (Unconfirmed)

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December 7th, 2025