Game 30: Anaheim At Pittsburgh

Anaheim (18-10-1) at Pittsburgh (14-7-6)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 4 PM, KCOP-13 / Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks completed a three game homestand where they went 2-1-0. They lost 7-0 to Utah then beat Washington 4-3 in a shootout. They then blew out Chicago 7-1. Anaheim starts their five game road trip in Pittsburgh. The Ducks have gone 7-6-1 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.59 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.28 Per Game
Power Play: 18.8%
Penalty Kill: 75.3%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 52.43%
Overall: 52.69%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 52.18%
Overall: 52.45%

Cutter Gauthier and Leo Carlsson lead the team with 16 goals each.

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. He did practice today with the team.

Projected Lineup 

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

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

In Net:
Ville Husso 4-2-0 GAA 2.82 SV% .875 (Confirmed)

Pittsburgh Outlook 

The Penguins just completed a three game road trip. They beat Philadelphia 5-1 and Tampa Bay 4-3. They lost the last game of the trip 3-2 in a shootout against Dallas.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.15 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.70 Per Game
Power Play: 33.3%
Penalty Kill: 85.0%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 49.13%
Overall: 48.55%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 49.56%
Overall: 49.04%

Sidney Crosby leads the team with 18 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Thomas Novak – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha – Kevin Hayes – Justin Brazeau
Rutger McGroarty – Benjamin Kindel – Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar – Danton Heinen – Noel Acciari

Defense
Ryan Shea – Kris Letang
Parker Wotherspoon – Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves – Connor Clifton

In Net:
Arturs Silovs 4-4-4 GAA 3.00 SV% .898 (Confirmed)

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December 9th, 2025