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NHL Preview: Anaheim Ducks (16-29-6) at Chicago Blackhawks (15-29-4)

ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:

LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
Feb. 6, 2023 – ANAHEIM 2 @ DALLAS 3, SO
The Ducks opened their February schedule and their post-All-Star break slate earning a point for the fourth straight game in a 3-2 shootout loss. Anaheim scored two third period goals 86 seconds apart to tie the game and force overtime, while also killing all five Dallas power plays (nine straight overall), including a full two minute 5-on-3. Jakob Silfverberg scored his 147th goal as a Duck at 11:04 of the third period, tying Bobby Ryan for seventh on the club’s all-time goals list. Adam Henrique netted his team-leading 19th goal at 12:30 of the third, his seventh goal the last nine games (7-3=10). Trevor Zegras earned his 25th assist, marking a point in eight of his last nine games (6-6=12). Kevin Shattenkirk and Frank Vatrano also earned assists, with Vatrano marking his sixth point in four games (4-2=6). John Gibson made 39 saves in regulation and overtime, helping the Ducks to points in five of his last six starts (3-1-2) while marking his league-leading 15th game of 35-plus saves this season.
PP: 1-4 PK: 5-5 SF: 35 SA: 41 TOI: Cam Fowler (25:12)
Three Stars: 1. J. Benn 2. J. Robertson 3. J. Gibson

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Feb. 10 Pittsburgh Honda Center 7 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 12 Vegas T-Mobile Arena 12 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Feb. 15 Buffalo Honda Center 7 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Feb. 17 Los Angeles Honda Center 6 p.m. ESPN / Ducks Stream
Feb. 20 Florida FLA Live Arena 10 a.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 6 Placed D Urho Vaakanainen on Injured Reserve (IR).

ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 265

PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 50
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 42
Derek Grant Lower-body Day-to-day 25
Justin Kirkland Car accident Day-to-day 10
Urho Vaakanainen Lower-body Day-to-day 1

ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks conclude the second half of a back-to-back matchup tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks at Untied Center (5:30 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal AUDIO: Ducks Stream). Anaheim enters tonight’s game with points in four straight contests (3-0-1) in addition to a 4-1-1 record the last six games (22 goals for) and points in six of the last eight overall (4-2-2). Anaheim continues its 11-game February schedule tonight (0-0-1 to date), consisting of four home and seven road contests. All-time, Anaheim is 153-124-35 in the month of February. Since the start of 2012-13, Anaheim is 56-45-13 in the month, earning points in 69 of the 114 contests (.605%). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will return to Orange County to host their first game of the month vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, Feb. 10 at Honda Center (7 p.m. PT).

DUCKS-BLACKHAWKS: Anaheim and Chicago hit the midway point of a three-game season series tonight with the lone matchup at United Center. In the first meeting of 2022-23, the Blackhawks opened the season series with a 3-2 win Nov. 12 in Orange County. The Ducks own a 50-40-12 all-time record vs. the Blackhawks, including a 24-23-6 mark in Chicago. John Klingberg (4-20=24 in 36 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career scoring and assists vs. the Blackhawks. Frank Vatrano (7-1=8 in 15 games) and Jakob Silfverberg (7-2=9 in 20 games) co-lead the Ducks in career goals vs. Chicago. These two teams will conclude the three-game set in Orange County Feb. 27 (7 p.m. PT).

ANA-CHI SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Nov. 12 Honda Center 3-2 CHI win
Feb. 7 United Center 5:30 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Feb. 27 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream

ANA-CHI ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Chicago
All-Time Series: 50-40-12 26-17-6 24-23-6
Current Streak: Eight CHI wins Four CHI wins Five CHI wins
Last ANA Win: Dec. 5, 2018 (4-2) Dec. 5, 2018 (4-2) Feb. 15, 2018 (3-2)
Last CHI Win: Nov. 12, 2022 (3-2) Nov. 12, 2022 (3-2) Mar. 8, 2022 (8-3)
ANA Last 10: 1-8-1 3-5-2 3-6-1

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Patrick Sharp (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 10 vs. ARI, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Feb. 11 at WPG, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at MTL, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at TOR, 6:00 p.m. CT (TNT, WGN Radio)
Friday, Feb. 17 at OTT, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 5 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 29 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 23 – Recalled Luke Philp and Filip Roos from Rockford … Assigned Isaak Phillips to Rockford … Placed Tyler Johnson on IR … Jan. 17 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 14 – Activated Patrick Kane off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 13 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR.

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (3) at EDM (7) – Sat., Jan. 28 – Rogers Place
CHI Goals: Dickinson (7), Toews (14; PP), Raddysh (14)
EDM Goals: Barrie (6; PP), Draisaitl (29; PP), Barrie (7), McDavid (41), Hyman (26), Kane (6), McLeod (8)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (36/43, 60:00) EDM – Campbell (25/28, 57:34), Berlin (1/1, 2:26)
CHI PP: 1/3; PK: 1/3
EDM PP: 2/3; PK: 2/3
Recap: Chicago fell to the Oilers 7-3 on Jan. 28 before heading into the 2023 NHL All-Star break … Max Domi tallied an assist to extend his point streak to a season-long five games (1G, 4A) … Jason Dickinson and Taylor Raddysh each scored, giving them both goals in consecutive games … Raddysh also added an assist for a two-point night … Patrick Kane notched two helpers … Seth Jones led the team with four shots on goal.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ANAHEIM DUCKS
The Blackhawks square off against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday for the second of three meetings scheduled in 2022-23 … Chicago is currently riding a eight-game winning streak against the Ducks, including posting wins in each of the last five games at the United Center … The Blackhawks current eight-game streak against Anaheim is tied for the longest active winning streak against a single club (Ottawa) … The club has also logged a 7-2-1 record over their last 10 games against the Ducks … Patrick Kane led the team with 10 points (3G, 7A) in three games against the Ducks last season … Kane is riding a 10-game point streak against the Ducks, having tallied 20 points (7G, 13A) over that span, including a six-point night last season on March 23, 2022 (1G, 5A).

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Feb. 7 | AWAY: Nov. 12 (3-2), Feb. 27 
All-Time Record: 47-47-8 | Home: 27-21-5 | Road: 20-26-3 
Last Home Win: March 8, 2022 (8-3) | Last Road Win: Nov. 12, 2022 (3-2) | Last Home Loss: Feb. 15,
2018 (2-3) | Last Road Loss: Dec. 5, 2018 (2-4) 

ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. ANA ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 16; Jonathan Toews, 12; Max Domi/Andreas Athanasiou, 5 
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 35; Jonathan Toews, 20; Jack Johnson, 15 
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 51; Jonathan Toews, 32; Jack Johnson, 17 

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 10-13-1
Two-Days Rest: 2-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-6-1

BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 2-6-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 4-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 4-5-1
Sunday: 2-6-1

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