ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
JAN. 17, 2023 – ANAHEIM 2 @ PHILADELPHIA 5
The Ducks dropped a 5-2 contest Tuesday night in the second half of a back-to-back matchup at Philadelphia. Adam Henrique scored for the third straight game (3-1=4), marking his team-leading 15th goal. Trevor Zegras record an assist on the goal to push his point streak to three games (2-2=4) and John Klingberg added a point (assist) for the second straight game (1-1=2). Frank Vatrano tipped a Kevin Shattenkirk point shot on the power play for his seventh goal of the campaign, and Ryan Strome added the secondary helper, his second assist in as many games (0-2=2). Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves. Simon Benoit appeared I his 100th NHL game.
PP: 1-3 PK: 4-5 SF: 27 SA: 39 TOI: Cam Fowler (21:39)
Three Stars: 1. K. Hayes 2. R. Ristolainen 3. M. Frost
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Jan. 21 Buffalo KeyBank Center 9:30 a.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Jan. 24 Arizona Mullet Arena 6 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Jan. 26 Colorado Ball Arena 6 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Jan. 28 Arizona Honda Center 7:30 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 6 Dallas American Airlines Center 5:30 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Jan. 1 Reassigned G Lukas Dostal to San Diego (AHL). Activated G Anthony Stolarz from Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 2 Recalled D Colton White from a Conditioning Loan in San Diego (AHL).
Jan. 5 Assigned D Nathan Beaulieu to San Diego (AHL) on a Conditioning Loan.
Jan. 10 Placed C Justin Kirkland on Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 11 Activated LW Max Jones from Injured Reserve (IR).
Jan. 15 Recalled D Nathan Beaulieu from a Conditioning Loan in San Diego (AHL).
ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 236
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 45
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 37
Isac Lundestrom Broken finger 6 weeks 21
Derek Grant Lower-body Day-to-day 20
Justin Kirkland Car accident Day-to-day 5
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks hit the midway point of a season-long six game road trip tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide (4 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal AUDIO: Ducks Stream). The Ducks enter tonight’s contest having killed 34 of the last 40 penalties (85.0%) dating to Dec. 21 (spanning 12 games), fifth among Western Conference teams. The power play has tallied goals in four of the last five games (4-of-16), clicking at 25% in that span. Anaheim is in the midst of a 13-game January schedule (2-5-1), consisting of seven home and six road contests. All-time, Anaheim is 164-145-38 in the month of January. Since the start of 2013-14, Anaheim is 60-44-10 in January, picking up points in 70 of the 113 contests (.619%). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will start the back half of the road trip when they face the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Arena on Friday, Jan. 21 (4 p.m. PT). The road trip also includes visits to Arizona (Tuesday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. PT) and Colorado (Thursday, Jan. 26, 6 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-BLUE JACKETS: Anaheim and Columbus begin a two-game season series tonight at Nationwide Arena. The Ducks have earned points in seven of their past 10 games against the Blue Jackets dating to 2016-17 (6-3-1) while the Anaheim has earned points in eight of their last 10 contests at Nationwide Arena dating to 2011-12 (5-2-3). All-time, the Ducks own a 32-22-9 record vs. the Blue Jackets, including a 15-12-4 mark in Columbus. In the 2021-22 season series, the Ducks swept the two-game set, earning a 2-1 SO win Dec. 9 in Columbus and a 6-4 win Apr. 17 in Orange County. John Gibson has posted a 6-3-1 record with a 2.52 GAA and a .914 SV% in 10 career appearances vs. Columbus. Trevor Zegras (1-1=2 in 2 GP) and Troy Terry (2-1=3 in 3 GP) are each averaging a point per game against the Blue Jackets to begin their careers. Kevin Shattenkirk (5-17=22 in 33 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career scoring and assists vs. the Blue Jackets, and Cam Fowler (9-9=18 in 22 GP) leads active Ducks in career goals. These two teams will conclude the season series Mar. 17 at Honda Center (7 p.m. PT).
ANA-CBJ SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Jan. 19 Nationwide Arena 4 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Mar. 17 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
ANA-CBJ ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Columbus
All-Time Series: 32-22-9 17-10-5 15-12-4
Current Streak: Two ANA wins One ANA win Three ANA wins
Last ANA Win: Apr. 17, 2022 (6-4) Apr. 17, 2022 (6-4) Dec. 9, 2021 (2-1 SO)
Last CBJ Win: Jan. 7, 2020 (4-3) Jan. 7, 2020 (4-3) Dec. 1, 2017 (4-2)
ANA Last 10: 6-3-1 6-3-1 5-2-3
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Jan. 19, 2023 Game No. 45 (13-29-2, 28 pts.)
vs. Anaheim Ducks (12-28-5, 29 pts.), Nationwide Arena Home Game No. 26 (10-14-1, 21 pts.)
The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.
THE LAST GAME: JAN. 17, 2023 – CBJ 1 at NSH 2
CBJ Goal Scorers: Nyquist (9)
NSH Goal Scorers: Glass (5), Trenin (6)
Goalies: CBJ – Tarasov (26/28; 59:09); NSH – Lankinen (39/40; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/3; PK: 3/3 | Shots: CBJ: 40 / NSH: 28
3 Stars: 1. Lankinen, NSH; 2. Glass, NSH; 3. Trenin, NSH
Noteworthy: Teams split season series with home team winning each game… NSH scored the 1st 2 goals of the game (5:42 and 16:55 into 2nd period) with CBJ scoring their lone goal 9:01 into the 3rd… Nyquist scored a goal, giving him points in 2-straight games (1-1-2)…Roslovic tallied his 21st assist of the campaign and now has assists in 3 consecutive contests (0-4-4)… Bemstrom recorded his 7th assist of the season to give him 0-2-2 in the last 3 outings… Laine tied the franchise record with 10 shots on goal (13th time).
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (38 games)
Voracek (concussion); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (33 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (31 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (29 games)
Chinakhov (ankle); Placed on IR (Dec. 20); 4 weeks (13 games)
Meyer (oblique strain); Placed on IR (Jan. 11); 6-8 weeks (4 games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 297
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 14 Activated Jenner, Robinson and Tarasov off Injured Reserve and assigned Bjork to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 13 Assigned Greaves and Fix-Wolansky to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 12 Activated Blankenburg off Injured Reserve, placed Robinson on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 3 and added Greaves to the roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 11 Placed Meyer on Injured Reserve and added Fix-Wolansky to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 11 Assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 10 Placed Tarasov on IR retroactive on Dec. 30 and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan
AGAINST THE DUCKS
2022-23 Series: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 vs. ANA)
2021-22 Series: 0-1-1 (0-0-1 vs. ANA)
All-Time Series: 30-26-1-5 (16-12-0-3 vs. ANA)
Last 10 (Overall | Home): 4-3-3 | 5-3-2
All-Time GF/GA: 166/175
All-Time SF/SA: 1,805/1,998
All-Time PP: 49-of-292
All-Time PK: 208-of-254
THE LAST GAME VS. ANA: APR. 17, 2022 – CBJ 4 at ANA 6
CBJ Goal Scorers: Bean (6), Bean (7), Kuraly (14), Sillinger (14)
ANA Goal Scorers: Terry (35), Terry (36), Mayhew (9), Zegras (21), Fowler (9), EN – Grant (15)
Goalies: CBJ – Berube (26/31; 59:07); ANA – Gibson (31/35; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1 | Shots: CBJ: 35 / ANA: 32
3 Stars: 1. Terry, ANA; 2. Getzlaf, ANA; 3. Fowler, ANA
Noteworthy: CBJ fell in both games of season series (0-1-1)… CBJ tied game at 1 before trailing 3-1 after the 1st and tied game at 3 through 40 minutes… Bean recorded 2nd career 2-goal game (11/3/21 at COL)… Kuraly (goal) has points in his last 4 GP (3-2-5)…Nyquist tallied an assist for his 4th-straight game (0-6-6)… Voracek notched his 50th assist of the campaign.
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Mar. 17 at ANA
NOTED (Team Highlights vs. ANA)
CBJ have collected points in 6 of the last 7 games at NWA (4-1-2) but the Ducks have won the last 3 in Ohio (CBJ; 0-1-2) with all 3 victories 2-1 finals… 5 of the last 11 meetings have been decided after regulation with 3 in OT and two in SO… CBJ have killed off all 26 of ANA PP chances in last 11 contests dating back to 2/11/16… The clubs played in 5-straight one-goal games prior to Anaheim’s 6-4 home victory in the most recent meeting on 4/17/22… CBJ own 4 of the 7 shutouts in the series while the ANA have 3 of the 4 hat tricks… Most goals scored vs. ANA: 5 – 2x (MR: 3/24/15)… Most goals allowed vs. ANA: 5 – 3x (MR: 2/12/12).
NOTED (Player Highlights vs. ANA
Boqvist notched his 1st career NHL goal on 11/3/19 at ANA… Laine skated in his 200th career NHL game on 1/13/19 vs. ANA… Roslovic scored his 1st career NHL goal on 1/25/18 at ANA and notched his 1st career NHL hat trick on 2/2/19 vs. ANA.
SCORING NOTABLES vs. ANA
• Gaudreau – 5-22-27 in 29 career GP, including 6 multi-point efforts overall and assists in each of his last 5 contests vs. the club (1-8-9) and 8 of his last 9 (1-11-12)
• Korpisalo – 2-1-1, 2.47 GAA, .906 SV% in 4 career GP, including a 2-1-0 record with a 2.29 GAA in 3 career home games
• Laine – 2-4-6 in 10 career GP, including 1-3-4 in his last 5 appearances against the Ducks
• Merzlikins – 1-0-1, 1.92 GAA, .939 SV% in 2 career GP, including stopping 25-of-26 shots (.962 SV%) in the 2-1 SO loss in the last game at Nationwide Arena on Dec. 9, 2021
• Nyquist – 3-6-9 in 19 career GP, with points in 5 of the last 8 meetings against the Ducks (2-3-5)
• Roslovic – 4-3-7 in 9 career GP, including his 1st career hat trick and 4-point game on Feb. 2, 2019 vs. Anaheim
