ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
MARCH 30, 2023 – ANAHEIM 1 @ SEATTLE 4
The Ducks began a three-game road trip Thursday night with a 4-1 setback to the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena. Lukas Dostal made 35-of-38 saves in his 13th start of 2022-23 (14th appearance). Brock McGinn scored Anaheim’s lone goal at 10:37 of the second period, his second goal as a Duck and 12th overall this season. Derek Grant and Jakob Silfverberg each recorded assists, with Silfverberg extending his assist streak to a season-long three games (0-3=3).
PP: 0-2 PK: 1-2 SF: 19 SA: 39 TOI: Cam Fowler (27:00)
Three Stars: 1. M. Beniers (SEA) 2. J. Schwartz (SEA) 3. D. Sprong (SEA)
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
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
Apr. 11 Vancouver Honda Center 7 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 29 Recalled D Andrej Sustr from San Diego (AHL).
Mar. 30 Assigned G Calle Clang from Rogle (SHL) to San Diego (AHL).
Mar. 31 Acquired reserve rights to RW Judd Caulfield from Pittsburgh for reserve rights to D Thimo Nickl.
ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 386
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 75
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 67
Urho Vaakanainen Hip surgery 5-6 months 25
Anthony Stolarz Knee surgery Week-to-week 23
Adam Henrique MCL sprain Week-to-week 17
Troy Terry Personal Day-to-day 2
Trevor Zegras Lower body Day-to-day 1
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks hit the midway point of a three-game road trip spanning four days tonight vs. the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place (7 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal, AUDIO: Ducks Stream). Anaheim enters tonight with points in five of the last eight road games (3-3-2), 11 of the last 17 (7-5-4) and 13 of the last 19 contests away from home (9-6-4). Tonight opens Anaheim’s 10th set of back-to-back games, posting a 2-11-5 mark overall this season (1-4-4 in the first contest). Anaheim opens a seven-game April schedule, the final contests remaining on Anaheim’s 2022-23 schedule. The Ducks will play in either the Pacific (5 games) and Mountain (2 games), with four home contest and three road on the calendar. 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 and back-to-back matchup tomorrow, Sunday, April 2 at Calgary (5 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-OILERS: Anaheim and Edmonton face off in the third of a four-game season series tonight and the final of two meetings at Rogers Place. Tonight’s contest also marks the final two meetings in a pan of five days. The Ducks have earned points in six of their past 10 games against the Oilers in Edmonton dating to 2016-17 (5-4-1). Anaheim and Edmonton have split the first two games of the 2022-23 season series, as the Ducks earned a 4-3 win Dec. 17 at Rogers Place and the Oilers took a 6-2 win Jan. 11 in Orange County. Lukas Dostal made a career-high 46 saves in Anaheim’s win Dec. 17, the second-most saves in a game by a Ducks rookie goaltender. The Ducks own a 61-43-12 all-time record vs. the Oilers, including a 28-22-7 mark in Edmonton. Cam Fowler (3-17=20 in 39 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career scoring and assists vs. the Oilers. Kevin Shattenkirk (6-8=14 in 29 GP) leads current Ducks in career goals vs. Edmonton. These two teams will finish the season series in four days, this Wednesday, Apr. 5 at Honda Center (7 p.m. PT).
ANA-EDM SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Dec. 17 Rogers Place 4-3 ANA win
Jan. 11 Honda Center 6-2 EDM win
Apr. 1 Rogers Place 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Apr. 5 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT TNT / Ducks Stream
ANA-EDM ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Edmonton
All-Time Series: 61-43-12 33-21-5 28-22-7
Current Streak: One EDM win Two EDM wins One ANA win
Last ANA Win: Dec. 17, 2022 (4-3) Feb. 25, 2020 (4-3 OT) Dec. 17, 2022 (4-3)
Last EDM Win: Jan. 11, 2023 (6-2) Jan. 11, 2023 (6-2) Feb. 17, 2022 (7-3)
ANA Last 10: 3-7-0 5-4-1 5-4-1
EXTRA TIME: Twenty of Anaheim’s 75 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.
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. ANAHEIM GP RECORD HOME (57) AWAY (59) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ANAHEIM 116 53-53-2-8 29-23-0-5 24-30-2-3 300 315
OILERS vs. ANAHEIM – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 9 6
QUICK FACTS
Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third of four games against Anaheim this season and the second and final game in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is April 5th in Anaheim.
The last time these teams met was on January 11th in Edmonton, with the Oilers winning 6-2.
Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 35 career points against the Ducks and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has played in a team high 33 career games against Anaheim.
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 14-4-2 in their last 20 games, outscoring opponents 91-69, while earning at least a point in 16 of the 20 games.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers have scored 5+ goals 29 times this season, posting a record of 27-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
30 AND COUNTING
The Oilers have four 30+ goal scorers on the team and are the only NHL team to have four players at this mark.
McDavid (61)
Draisaitl (47)
Nugent-Hopkins (35)
Hyman (33)
On Mar. 18 at SEA, Hyman became the fourth Oilers player to hit the 30 goal milestone this season. It marks the first time the Oilers have had four players with 30+ goals since the 1989-90 season, when they had four players reach the mark (Messier, Kurri, Anderson and Tikkanen).
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 118. They also rank 1st in the NHL in first period goals with 86 goals.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. ANAHEIM
Record: 7-2-1
GF: 44 GA: 27
2022-23 1/11/23 @ ANA 6-2 W
2022-23 12/17/22 @ EDM 4-3 L
2021-22 4/3/22 @ ANA 6-1 W
2021-22 2/17/22 @ EDM 7-3 W
2021-22 10/19/21 @ EDM 6-5 W
2019-20 2/25/20 @ ANA 4-3 L (OT)
2019-20 11/10/19 @ ANA 6-2 W
2018-19 3/30/19 @ EDM 5-1 L
2018-19 2/23/19 @ EDM 2-1 W
2018-19 1/6/19 @ ANA 4-0 W
