Game 31: Ducks At Islanders

Anaheim (19-10-1) at New York (17-11-3)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 4 PM, KCOP-13 / Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks started out their road trip with a dramatic win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Anaheim was down 3-2 in the final minutes and was called for a penalty with just 18 seconds left in regulation. Beckett Sennecke rushed the Pittsburgh net and threw the puck at it as the buzzer sounded. His shot was blocked by Erik Karlsson, but it went off his glove and into the net with just 0.1 left on the clock. The Ducks then went on to win the shootout. Ville Husso was solid in net stopping 44 of 47 shots on net.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.57 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.27 Per Game
Power Play: 18.6%
Penalty Kill: 75.5%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 51.89%
Overall: 52.08%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.50%
Overall: 51.73%

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 is with the team on the road trip and practicing.

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 5-2-0 GAA 2.83 SV% .893 (Confirmed)

New York Outlook 

The Islanders are in the middle of a three game road trip. They started out with a win over the Vegas Golden Knights. The contest ended in a regulation 4-4 tie and went to a shootout. Emil Heineman scored in the fourth round to give the Islanders the win. New York is 9-5-1 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.90 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.77 Per Game
Power Play: 15.0%
Penalty Kill: 84.3%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 49.03%
Overall: 49.80%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 50.33%
Overall: 50.86%

Bo Horvat leads the team with 19 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Emil Heineman – Bo Horvat – Max Shabanov
Anders Lee – Mathew Barzal – Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anthony Duclair – Calum Ritchie – Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean – Casey Cizikas – Marc Gatcomb

Defense
Matthew Schaefer – Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech – Tony DeAngelo
Travis Mitchell – Scott Mayfield

In Net:
David Rittich 6-3-1 GAA 2.65 SV% .901 (Confirmed)

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December 11th, 2025