ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
OCT. 19, 2023 – ANAHEIM 2 vs. DALLAS 3
The Ducks fell 3-2 to the Dallas Stars Thursday night at Honda Center. Leo Carlsson (18 years, 297 days) scored his first NHL goal to become the second-youngest player in Ducks history to score in his NHL debut, behind only Mason McTavish (18 years, 256 days on Oct. 13, 2021; 1-1=2). Carlsson is also the third-youngest player in franchise history to record a point, trailing only McTavish and Oleg Tverdovsky (18 years, 250 days, Jan. 23, 1995 @ WPG; 0-3=3). Troy Terry opened the scoring with his first goal of the campaign at 4:37 of the game and added an assist on Carlsson’s first career goal. Trevor Zegras recorded the primary assist on Terry’s opening goal, his first point of the season (0-1=1). Pavel Mintyukov earned his first career assist on Terry’s goal, recording a point in his second straight game. He is one of three players in Ducks history to begin his career with points in each of his first two home games, joining Corey Perry (2 GP in 2005-06) and Matt Cullen (2 GP in 1997-98). John Gibson stopped 21-of-24 shots. Tristan Luneau made his NHL debut, becoming the seventh-youngest Ducks defensemen to appear in a game.
PP: 0-4 PK: 3-5 SF: 29 SA: 24 TOI: Cam Fowler (22:37)
Three Stars: 1. M. Heiskanen 2. L. Carlsson 3. T. Terry
UPCOMING ANAHEIM GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV / AUDIO
Sun., Oct. 22 BOSTON Honda Center 5:30 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Tues., Oct. 24 @ Columbus Nationwide Arena 3:30 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Thurs. Oct. 26 @ Boston TD Garden 4 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Sat., Oct. 28 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 10 a.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Sun., Oct. 30 @ Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 4 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY / ILLNESS EXPECTED TIME MISSED GAMES MISSED
Jamie Drysdale Lower-body Day-to-day 1
Adam Henrique Illness Day-to-day 1
Brock McGinn Lower-body Day-to-day 3
Alex Killorn Fractured finger Approximately 5-6 weeks 3
Isac Lundestrom Torn Achilles Approximately 6 months 3
2023-24 Man Games Lost: 13
TODAY’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks open the first half of a back-to-back matchup in a matinee contest today against the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena (1 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal, AUDIO: Ducks Stream). The Ducks continue their nine-game October schedule, including their first of seven matinee contests this season. The other matinee contests include Oct. 28 @ PHI (10 a.m. PT), Nov. 24 vs. LAK (12:30 p.m. PT), Jan. 15 @ FLA (10 a.m. PT), Feb. 19 @ BUF (9:30 a.m. PT), Mar. 30 @ EDM (1 p.m. PT) and Mar. 31 @ VAN (12:30 p.m. PT). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will close their second of 13 back-to-back matchups tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 22 vs. Boston at Honda Center (5:30 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-COYOTES: Anaheim and the Arizona Coyotes open a three-game season series tonight with the sole road contest at Mullett Arena. During the 2022-23 campaign, the Ducks went 2-0-1 in the season series picking up a 5-2 win (Jan. 24) and 2-1 victory (Jan. 28), and tallied a point in a 5-4 overtime loss (Apr. 8). Cam Fowler paced the team in scoring with four points (2-2=4) and tied for the club lead in assists (2) along with Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry, and Ryan Strome. In the Apr. 8, 2023 at Mullett Arena contest, Fowler skated in an NHL record 38:54. Adam Henrique led the Ducks in goal scoring (3). The Ducks own an 83-42-21 all-time record vs. the Coyotes, including a 37-24-12 mark on the road. Anaheim’s 83 all-time wins and 192 points vs. the Coyotes franchise (including Winnipeg) are each the most vs. a single opponent in club history. Cam Fowler paces active Ducks skaters in career scoring (9-27=36) and assists vs. the Coyotes while Adam Henrique paces the club in career goals (11 in 23 GP). The teams next meet again Nov. 1 at Honda Center (7 p.m.) and conclude the season series Dec. 29 in Orange County (7 p.m.).
ANAHEIM-ARIZONA SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Oct. 21 Mullet Arena 1 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Nov. 1 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Dec. 29 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
ANAHEIM-ARIZONA ALL-TIME SERIES
OVERALL @ ANAHEIM @ ARI/WPG
All-Time Series 83-42-26 46-18-12 37-24-14
Current Streak One ARI win One ANA win One ARI win
Last ANA Win Jan. 28, 2023 (2-1 OT) Jan. 28, 2023 (2-1 OT) Apr. 1, 2022 (5-0)
Last ARI Win Apr. 8, 2023 (5-4 OT) Dec. 17, 2021 (6-5, OT) Apr. 8, 2023 (5-4 OT)
ANA Last 10 5-2-3 5-2-3 3-4-3
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
- Arizona returns to Mullett Arena to renew the “Mullett Magic”. Last year, the Coyotes went 21-15-5 when playing at home, their most home wins and points since 2015-16. The Coyotes look to win their home opener for the first time since 2016-17, when they beat the Flyers in a 4-3 OT finish. Arizona is 1-3-3 in their last seven home openers.
- Through four games, the Coyotes are third in the NHL in power play percentage (31.6%). This is a 12.7% increase from last season’s mark of 18.9% that landed them at 24th in the league.
- Forwards Clayton Keller (2-3-5) and Nick Schmaltz (2-3-5) currently lead all Coyotes in scoring to start the season. The duo looks to lead the team in scoring for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
LAST GAME
Coyotes 6, Blues 2 – October 19, 2023 – Enterprise Center
ARI Goals: Bjugstad (1, PPG), Keller (2), Carcone (1, GWG), Schmaltz (2), Zucker (1, PPG), Durzi (2, PPG)
STL Goals: Vrana (1), Blais (1)
ARI Goalie: Connor Ingram (W) – 24 saves on 26 shots
STL Goalie: Joel Hofer (L) – 36 saves on 42 shots
PP: 3-4 K: 2-2
Notes: The Coyotes had five different players with multiple points in the win against St. Louis. The last time this occurred was against the Oilers on 3/27/23 in a 5-4 loss. Clayton Keller recorded a goal and an assist to add to his season total, and has now registered 26 points (11-15-26) in 25 career games against St. Louis. Logan Cooley became the third player in Coyotes team history to record at least four points (0-4-4) through his first four NHL games (Max Domi: 6 in 2015-16 & Ramzi Abid: 4 in 2002-03). The last time the Coyotes won two of their first four road games in a four+ road game trip was the 2013-14 season.
PACK FACTS
· Clayton Keller (19-26-45) led the team in home scoring in 2022-23.
. Sean Durzi (2-1-3) is one of seven defensemen in the NHL to have two goals scored this season.
· Nick Schmaltz’s shootout goal against New Jersey placed him in fourth place in franchise history for shootout goals (10).
. Logan Cooley leads all rookies in point (0-4-4) and his 1 P/GP leads all rookies in P/GP (min. 3 GP).
. Alex Kerfoot currently has the eighth longest active consecutive games played streak at 267 games.
. Michael Carcone recorded the 7th goal of his career in St. Louis, and subsequently reached 10 career points in the NHL.
· Matias Maccelli registered his 13th career multi-point game in St. Louis in 91 career games played.
. Lawson Crouse set personal career highs in goals (24), points (45) and PPGs (6) which finished tied for the team lead along with Keller and Schmaltz in 2022-23. He also ranked third in hits (194) and second in blocked shots (58) among Coyotes forwards.
· Jason Zucker recorded his first goal of the season against St. Louis, his 30th power play goal of his career.
. Barrett Hayton totaled 6:36 of TOI during the Power Play against NJD, the most in any game of his NHL career.
. Jack McBain set a new Coyotes single-season hits mark with 304 hits, which also ranked fourth in the NHL.
. JJ Moser finished the 2022-23 season with 80 hits and 137 blocked shots which led the team.
. Arizona’s goaltending duo of Karel Vejmelka and Connor Ingram have maintained a GAA of 2.00 through four games, tied for sixth best in the NHL.
YOTES & DUCKS
-Tonight is the first of three ARI-ANA matchups this season. The squads will face off again in 11 days in Anaheim… both teams matched up three times from 10/1-10/7 in preseason play, with the Coyotes winning the last two with a combined margin of 11-3.
- Nick Bjugstad’s career high in points (2-2-4) came against the Ducks on 11/16/14.
- Travis Boyd has registered at least one point in five of his seven career games played versus Anaheim… his career high in points (1-2-3) came against the Ducks on 12/17/21.
- Alex Kerfoot lit the lamp twice the last time he played Anaheim, a number he has reached only five other times in his career.
- Connor Ingram recorded 43 saves on 45 shots (.956) against Anaheim on 1/28/23, good for his second most saves in one game… was also his second-highest save percentage in a non-shutout (1/6/23 at CHI, .968).
Coyotes franchise vs Ducks
- All-Time: 63-70-5-13
- Home: 36-32-2-5
- Road: 27-38-3-8
- L10: 5-3-2
- STRK: W1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE DUCKS
Nick Schmaltz…6-15-21…25 career games
Clayton Keller…7-13-20…26 career games
Jason Zucker…9-8-17…23 career games
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPP VENUE TV RADIO
Tues. Oct 24 7:30 p.m. At LAK Crypto.com Arena Scripps Sports 620 AM
Fri. Oct 27 7:00 p.m. Vs LAK Mullett Arena Scripps Sports 98.7 FM
Mon. Oct 30 7:00 p.m. Vs CHI Mullett Arena Scripps Sports 98.7 FM
INJURY UPDATE (total man games lost to injury: 0 games)
