Game 59: Ducks vs Flames

Anaheim (32-23-3) vs Calgary (24-28-6)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 5 PM, Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks came out of the Olympic break earning two wins against the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets. The Ducks came back multiple times in both games and beat the Oilers 6-5 and Jets 5-4 in overtime. The Ducks have won four in a row and went 4-0-0 in the month of February.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.28 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.52 Per Game
Power Play: 18.3%
Penalty Kill: 77.7%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 51.90%
Overall: 51.56%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 52.05%
Overall: 51.69%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 26 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

Frank Vatrano attended his brother’s funeral on Tuesday. He is back with the team and practicing.

Mikael Granlund has been dealing with an upper-body injury.

Troy Terry has also been dealing with an upper-body injury and has not been practicing.

Ryan Strome did not play in the last due to being under the weather.

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Cutter Gauthier
Alex Killorn – Mason McTavish – Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel – Ryan Poehling – Jansen Harkins
Ross Johnston – Tim Washe – Ian Moore

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

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 23-13-2 GAA 3.00 SV% .895 (Probable)

Calgary Outlook 

The Flames are currently on their California road trip and have gone 1-1-0. They beat San Jose 4-1 and then lost yesterday 2-0 to Los Angeles. Calgary is in seventh place in the Pacific Division. They are 9-18-2 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.48 Per Game
Goals Against: 2.93 Per Game
Power Play: 16.1%
Penalty Kill: 82.5%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 50.61%
Overall: 50.55%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 49.96%
Overall: 49.69%

Matthew Coronato leads the team with 14 goals.

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense
Connor Zary – Nazem Kadri – Joel Farabee
Yegor Sharangovich – Mikael Backlund – Matthew Coronato
Blake Coleman – Morgan Frost – Matvei Gridin
Martin Pospisil – John Beecher – Adam Klapka

Defense
Kevin Bahl – MacKenzie Weegar
Yan Kuznetsov – Zach Whitecloud
Joel Hanley – Zayne Parekh

In Net:
Devin Cooley 7-6-3 GAA 2.27 SV% .921 (Unconfirmed)

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March 1st, 2026