ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
MARCH 27, 2023 – ANAHEIM 1 vs. COLORADO 5
The Ducks closed an eight-game homestand with a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at Honda Center Monday night. Derek Grant opened the scoring for the Ducks with his fifth goal of the season at 12:08 of the first period. Jakob Silfverberg earned his 15th assist of the season, his second in as many games and third in his past four (0-3=3). John Gibson stopped 39 shots in his 51st appearance of the season. Jayson Megna appeared in his 200th career NHL game.
PP: 0-3 PK: 2-3 SF: 30 SA: 44 TOI: Cam Fowler (24:03)
Three Stars: 1. N. MacKinnon 2. C. Makar 3. D. Grant
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Apr. 1 Edmonton Rogers Place 7 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Apr. 2 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 5 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Apr. 5 Edmonton Honda Center 7 p.m. TNT / Ducks Stream
Apr. 8 Arizona Mullet Arena 2:30 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Apr. 9 Colorado Honda Center 5:30 p.m. TNT / Ducks Stream
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 15 Signed C Nikita Nesterenko to a two-year entry-level contract.
Mar. 29 Recalled D Andrej Sustr from San Diego (AHL).
ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 380
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 74
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 66
Urho Vaakanainen Hip surgery 5-6 months 24
Anthony Stolarz Knee surgery Week-to-week 22
Adam Henrique MCL sprain Week-to-week 16
Troy Terry Personal Day-to-day 2
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks open a three-game road trip spanning four days tonight vs. the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena (7 p.m. PT, TV: ESPN+, AUDIO: Ducks Stream). Anaheim enters tonight with points in five of the last seven road games (3-2-2), 11of the last 16 (7-4-4) and 13 of the last 18 contests away from home (9-5-4). With eight games remaining on Anaheim’s 2022-23 schedule, the Ducks will play in either the Pacific (6 games) and Mountain (2 games). Milestones within reach tonight include Trevor Zegras is currently one goal and one assist from matching his career-highs of 23 and 38 respectively set last season, and two points shy of his 61 last season, and Cam Fowler one goal to tying his career high in goals set in 2016-17 (11). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will conclude the road trip with a back-to-back matchup on Saturday, April 1 at Edmonton (7 p.m. PT) and Sunday, April 2 at Calgary (5 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-KRAKEN: Anaheim and Seattle conclude their four-game season series tonight with the second meeting at Climate Pledge Arena. The Ducks have won three of six all-time meetings (3-3-0), including a 5-4 OT win in the season opener Oct. 12 in Orange County. Anaheim’s first win of the season saw the Ducks overcome a two-goal third period deficit, with a Trevor Zegras game-tying PPG and a Troy Terry OT winner as part of a career-tying three-point effort (1-2=3). Seattle earned a 5-4 victory in the second matchup of the season in Anaheim and a 5-2 win in Anaheim’s second-ever trip to Seattle Mar. 7. Troy Terry (6-4=10 in six GP) leads all-time Ducks skaters in career scoring and goals vs. the Kraken, earning points in five of his six career games against Seattle. Terry’s six goals co-lead the NHL in career goals vs. the Kraken (also Connor McDavid & Matthew Tkachuk), and his 10 points rank tied for fourth among all NHL skaters. Trevor Zegras (3-5=8 in six GP) is second in scoring and leads Anaheim in assists vs. the Kraken. His six power play points (1-5=6) are the most among NHL skaters against the Kraken. Mason McTavish (2-2=4 in 4 GP) and Ryan Strome (1-4=5 in 5 GP) are each averaging a point per game against Seattle.
ANA-SEA SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Oct. 12 Honda Center 5-4 ANA OT win
Nov. 27 Honda Center 5-4 SEA win
Mar. 7 Climate Pledge Arena 5-2 SEA win
Mar. 30 Climate Pledge Arena 7 p.m. PT ESPN+ / Hulu / Ducks Stream
ANA-SEA ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Seattle
All-Time Series: 3-3-0 2-2-0 1-1-0
Current Streak: Two SEA wins One SEA win One SEA win
Last ANA Win: Oct. 12, 2022 (5-4 OT) Oct. 12, 2022 (5-4 OT) Nov. 11, 2021 (7-4)
Last SEA Win: Mar. 7, 2023 (5-2) Nov. 27, 2022 (5-4) Mar. 7, 2023 (5-2)
ANA Last 10: 3-3-0 2-2-0 1-1-0
CLUTCH COMEBACKS: Anaheim is fourth among NHL clubs with six multi-goal comeback wins this season (CHI & NJD, 8, VAN 7), while also posting 12 comeback wins overall (six in the third period; three one-goal, three two-goal). Anaheim’s six multi-goal comebacks rank third in franchise history, trailing 2013-14 (9) and 2014-15 (8). Anaheim overcame a 3-0 deficit in the first period Jan. 19 @ CBJ to earn a 5-3 win, the fourth time in club history (11th overall) the Ducks have rallied from down three goals (or more) to win on the road (second regulation). The only other such road win in regulation came Dec. 2, 2018 @ WSH (trailed 5-1, won 6-5). Anaheim has recorded five third-period, multi-goal comeback wins in a single regular season twice: six in 2014-15, five in 2009-10 and 2013-14.
ANAHEIM’S MULTI-GOAL COMEBACK WINS:
Oct. 12 vs. SEA (5-4, OT win, trailed 4-2 with 15:51 left in third period)
Oct. 30 vs. TOR (4-3 OT win, trailed 3-1 with 12:36 left in third period)
Nov. 5 @ SJS (5-4 SO win, trailed 4-2 with 9:33 left in third period)
Jan. 6 vs. SJS (5-4 OT win, trailed 2-0 left in first period)
Jan. 19 @ CBJ (5-3 win, trailed 3-0 with 2:17 left in first period)
Jan. 26 @ COL (5-3 win, trailed 3-1 with 3:51 left in second period)
EXTRA TIME: Twenty of Anaheim’s 74 games this season have gone beyond regulation. The Ducks have won 10 games in overtime or a shootout (7-7 in OT and 3-3 in SO). The Ducks have also gone past regulation in 10 home games, posting six wins in OT and one in a SO at Honda Center.
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 1 at Minnesota 5
Goals: Schwartz
Goalie: Grubauer (9/13), Jones (6/7)
PP: 0/3 PK: 2/3 Shots: Seattle 36 – Minnesota 20
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 210)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 73 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 23 games – week-to-week
John Hayden (lower body) – 4 games – week-to-week
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
March 25, 2023: Reassigned G Joey Daccord to Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, April 1: Los Angeles at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Monday, April 3: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, April 4: Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m. PT
Thursday, April 6: Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 7: Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the final of four games the Kraken will play against the Ducks this season and the second time the two teams are playing in Seattle this year.
• A win or overtime loss tonight would give Seattle points in five consecutive games against Anaheim. The Kraken own a 3-2-1 all-time record against the Ducks.
• A win tonight would also give Seattle its 10th series win of the season, having previously won its season series against Buffalo, Colorado, Columbus, Detroit, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Jose and St. Louis. The Kraken have one game remaining to play against Los Angeles, but they will record a series win regardless of the outcome after going 3-0-0 against the Kings in their first three meetings of the season. The Kraken have three season series that still could be won: Arizona, Chicago and Vegas.
• Since the start of the 2022-23 season, the Kraken are averaging 3.83 goals-per-game against Anaheim, which is tied with Nashville for their fifth-best mark against any opponent.
• Seattle has an 11-8-2 record against Pacific Division opponents this season and have beaten each of their division rivals at least
once.
• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 254 goals in 73 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 254 goals this season was tied for sixth in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
• Jordan Eberle’s goal in the Kraken’s game on March 3 at Columbus was his 50th point of the season. It is the sixth time in his career and first time since 2017-18 that Eberle has recorded 50 or more points in a season.
DUCK HUNTING
• Matty Beniers has seven points (two goals, five assists) in three career games against Anaheim and has recorded multi-point efforts in each of those three games.
• Jared McCann has scored in each of his last three meetings with Anaheim (three goals, one assist). He recorded a multi-point night (one goal, one assist) in the most recent game against the Ducks on March 7.
• Jordan Eberle has totaled eight points (two goals, six assists) in his last seven games against Anaheim.
• Vince Dunn has six points (two goals, four assists) in his last six games against Anaheim, recording a point in every game the Kraken have played against the Ducks. In the last meeting against Anaheim, Dunn set a personal record for most consecutive games (six) with a point against a single opponent. His four career goals against Anaheim are tied with Winnipeg for his most against a single opponent.
• Justin Schultz has nine assists in his last nine games against Anaheim.
• Daniel Sprong has three points (two goals, one assist) in the past two games against Anaheim.
• Martin Jones won his first NHL game in his NHL debut on Dec. 3, 2013 against the Ducks.
