ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
JAN. 19, 2023 – ANAHEIM 5 @ COLUMBUS 3
The Ducks overcame a 3-0 deficit in the first period to earn a 5-3 comeback win Thursday night over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. The win marked Anaheim’s fifth multi-goal comeback victory of the season, now tied for the league lead (also CHI, NJD and VAN). It marks the fourth time in club history 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 @ Washington (trailed 5-1, won 6-5). John Gibson recorded the win in relief, making all 18 saves in 40:00 to earn his 174th career victory, passing Guy Hebert (173) for second on the Ducks all-time list. Cam Fowler (1-1=2), Adam Henrique (1-1=2, +2), Trevor Zegras (1-1=2, +2), Troy Terry (0-2=2) and Isac Lundestrom (0-2=2) each tallied multi-point efforts. Henrique scored for the fourth straight game (4-2=6), his first four-game goal streak since a career best of six games with New Jersey Feb. 27-Mar. 8, 2014 (9-2=11). His assist also marked the 100th of his Ducks career, the 21st player to reach the milestone. Zegras scored the GWG at 5:07 of the third period to cap off the comeback, extending his point streak to a career-tying four games (3-3=6). Fowler netted his fifth goal and 16th assist, his fifth multi-point effort and first since November. Terry matched Zegras with his 11th multi-point effort, sixth multi-assist, extending his assist total to five the last four games (0-5=5) and his team lead in scoring (12-26=38) and assists. Lundestrom recorded his first multi-point outing of the season (0-2=2) in his return to the lineup after missing 21 games due to a broken finger. Simon Benoit scored his second goal of the season and second the last five games, and Max Jones netted his third goal to round out the scoring. Max Comtois, Jaycob Megna and Ryan Strome also earned assists, with Strome pushing his point/assist streak to three games (0-3=3, +2). Anthony Stolarz made 12 saves in the first period.
PP: 1-1 PK: 0-3 SF: 33 SA: 33 TOI: Cam Fowler (22:26)
Three Stars: 1. T. Zegras 2. C. Fowler 3. M. Olivier Game Summary | Event Summary | Game Recap
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
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
Feb. 7 Chicago United Center 5:30 p.m. BSSC / 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: 241
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 46
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 38
Derek Grant Lower-body Day-to-day 21
Justin Kirkland Car accident Day-to-day 6
Mason McTavish Lower-body Day-to-day 1
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TODAY’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks kick off the back half of a season-long six game road trip today against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Centre (12:30 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal AUDIO: Ducks Stream). The Ducks enter today’s contest with points in two of the three games to begin the road trip (1-1-1, 3 pts.). Anaheim enters today having killed 35 of the last 41 penalties (85.3%) dating to Dec. 21 (spanning 13 games), fifth among Western Conference teams. The power play has tallied goals in four of the last six games (4-of-17), clicking at 23.5% in that span. Anaheim is in the midst of a 13-game January schedule (3-5-1), consisting of seven home and six road contests. All-time, Anaheim is 165-145-38 in the month of January. Since the start of 2013-14, Anaheim is 61-44-10 in January, picking up points in 71 of the 114 contests (.623%). Following today’s game, the Ducks will play their first ever game at Mullet Arena when the visit the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday, Jan. 24 (6 p.m. PT) before concluding the road trip at Colorado (Thursday, Jan. 26, 6 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-SABRES: Anaheim and Buffalo begin a two-game season series today at KeyBank Center. The Ducks have won three of the past four meetings with the Sabres (3-1-0). In Buffalo, the Ducks have won six of their last eight games against the Sabres dating back to the 2013-14 season (6-2-0). In the 2021-22 season series, the Ducks earned points in both games with a 4-3 OT loss Oct. 28 in Orange County and a 2-0 win in Buffalo Dec. 7 behind a shutout from Anthony Stolarz, who has a career 1.95 GAA and .929 SV% in three appearances vs. the Sabres. The Ducks own a 18-18-6 all-time record vs. the Sabre, including a 9-8-4 mark in Buffalo. John Gibson (2-3-0) has a career 2.28 GAA and a .922 SV% in 5 appearances against Buffalo. Adam Henrique (9-15=24 in 26 GP) leads the Ducks in career scoring and goals vs. the Sabres. John Klingberg (0-16=16 in 14 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career assists vs. the Sabres. These two teams will conclude their season series Feb. 15 at Honda Center (7 p.m. PT).
ANA-BUF SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Jan. 21 KeyBank Center 9:30 a.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Feb. 15 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
ANA-BUF ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Buffalo
All-Time Series: 18-18-6 9-10-2 9-8-4
Current Streak: One ANA win One BUF win Two ANA wins
Last ANA Win: Dec. 7, 2021 (2-0) Oct. 16, 2019 (5-2) Dec. 7, 2021 (2-0)
Last BUF Win: Oct. 28, 2021 (4-3 OT) Oct. 28, 2021 (4-3 OT) Dec. 22, 2018 (3-0)
ANA Last 10: 5-3-2 5-3-2 6-4-0
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Thursday, Jan. 19
New York 2 at Buffalo 3 (OT)
Goals: Tuch, Olofsson, Cozens
Goalie: Luukkonen (24 saves/26 shots)
PP: 0/3; PK: 1/1; Shots: Buffalo 45 – New York 26
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 99)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
N/A
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/13: Recalled F Jack Quinn from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
1/15: Recalled F Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL); Loaned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester
1/16: Recalled G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F Peyton Krebs to Rochester
1/17: Recalled F Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL); Loaned G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester
1/18: Placed F Vinnie Hinostroza on waivers
1/19: Recalled G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Rochester (AHL); Loaned F JJ Peterka to Rochester; Recalled F JJ Peterka from Rochester (AHL); Assigned F Vinnie Hinostroza to Rochester
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday, Jan. 23: Buffalo at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: Buffalo at St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26: Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 28: Buffalo at Minnesota, 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1: Carolina at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
TODAY’S GAME
DUCKS AT SABRES
• This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Ducks this season.
• Last meeting: Anaheim defeated Buffalo 2-0 in Buffalo on Dec. 7, 2021.
• Next meeting: Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Anaheim
• The Sabres are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games against the Ducks; 4-5-1 at home.
• This is the 43rd game all-time between Buffalo and Anaheim; Buffalo has a 21-17-4 series record.
• The Sabres are 9-8-4 at home against the Ducks all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• The Sabres have recorded seven power-play goals in their last seven matchups with the Ducks.
• Casey Mittelstadt has recorded eight points (0+8) in his last nine games.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 33 points (6+27) in his last 29 games.
• Alex Tuch has notched 37 points (15+22) in his last 29 games, including 20 points (9+11) in his last 16 games.
• A point in tonight’s game would give Tuch a four-game point streak and would mark his fourth point streak of four or more games this season.
• Tage Thompson has recorded nine points (5+4) in his last nine games.
• Dylan Cozens has tallied 33 points (11+22) in his last 31 games.
• In his last 23 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 30 points (13+17).
• Skinner has recorded two points (0+2) in his last two games and a point in today’s game would give him his third point streak of three or more games in 2022-23.
• Skinner has recorded 11 points (6+5) in his last 11 games against the Ducks.
• Victor Olofsson has five points (4+1) in his last five games.
• A goal in today’s game would give Olofsson the third three-game goal streak of his career.
• In three games against Anaheim in his career, Olofsson (1+2) has notched three points.
• A point in today’s game would give Tyson Jost his second point streak of three or more games as a member of the Sabres.
