Game 33: Ducks At Rangers

 

Anaheim (19-12-1) at New York (16-13-4)

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.

In their next 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.

Last Saturday the Ducks played a really early game at 9:30AM PST against the New Jersey Devils. Troy Terry got the Ducks on the board first, but the Devils then scored the next three goals to take a 3-1 lead. They added one more empty net goal and went on to win 4-1.

This is an important game as the Ducks need to get back on track as the first three games on this road trip have not been the greatest showing by team. This will also be the first time Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba visit New York against their former team.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.44 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.34 Per Game
Power Play: 17.9%
Penalty Kill: 75.0%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 52.12%
Overall: 52.08%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.84%
Overall: 51.85%

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.

Projected Lineup 

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

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov – Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger – Ian Moore

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 11-6-1 GAA 2.83 SV% .902 (Confirmed)

New York Outlook 

The Rangers had lost three games in row to Colorado, Vegas, and Chicago. They got back win the win column edging Montreal last Saturday 5-4 in overtime. They overcame a 3-0 deficit in the first period and ended up in a regulation 4-4 tie. J.T. Miller scored on the power play in the extra session to give New York the win. Mika Zibanejad is a health scratch tonight because he missed a team meeting.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.64 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.67 Per Game
Power Play: 20.3%
Penalty Kill: 81.1%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 50.12%
Overall: 49.68%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 49.72%
Overall: 49.32%

Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad lead the team each with 11 goals.

Projected Lineup 

Offense
William Cuylle – J.T. Miller – Conor Sheary
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere
Brett Berard – Noah Laba – Jonny Brodzinski
Taylor Raddysh – Sam Carrick – Matt Rempe

Defense
Vladislav Gavrikov – Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy – William Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen – Matthew Robertson

In Net:
Igor Shesterkin 13-10-3 GAA 2.53 SV% .909 (Confirmed)

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December 15th, 2025