Game 32: Ducks At Devils

Anaheim (19-11-1) at New Jersey (17-13-1)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 9:30 AM, 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.

In their last contest they got down 3-0 in the first period to the New York Islanders. The Ducks were able to pull within one early in the third period, New York responded with two goals, however, and went on to win 5-2.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.52 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.32 Per Game
Power Play: 18.4%
Penalty Kill: 74.5%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 52.14%
Overall: 52.13%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.71%
Overall: 51.77%

Leo Carlsson leads the team with 17 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

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

Lukas Dostal was activated off the IR.

Vyacheslav Buteyets has been reassigned to the Tulsa Oilers.

Projected Lineup 

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

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Drew Helleson– Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger – Ian Moore

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 11-5-1 GAA 2.81 SV% .904 (Confirmed)

New Jersey Outlook 

The Devils are in the middle of a three game homestand. They lost 8-4 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. They will play Anaheim today and then Vancouver on Sunday.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.90 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.23 Per Game
Power Play: 22.8%
Penalty Kill: 76.5%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 50.88%
Overall: 50.68%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.25%
Overall: 51.01%

Timo Meier leads the team with 11 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat – Cody Glass – Connor Brown  –
Paul Cotter – Juho Lammikko – Stefan Noesen
Xavier Parent – Luke Glendening – Angus Crookshank

Defense
Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon – Luke Hughes
Dennis Cholowski – Colton White

In Net:
Jake Allen 8-7-0 GAA 2.70 SV% .903 (Confirmed)

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December 13th, 2025