ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
INJURIES PLAYER INJURY / ILLNESS
EXPECTED TIME MISSED GAMES MISSED
Trevor Zegras Lower-body Day-to-day 8 Jamie
Drysdale Lower-body Day-to-day 19 Isac
Lundestrom Torn Achilles Approximately 6 months 21
2023-24 Man Games Lost: 78
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks close a two-game road trip in Western Canada tonight against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena (7 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal, AUDIO: Ducks Stream). Anaheim enters tonight with wins in five of the last seven road contests (5-2-0) and an 8-8-0 record the last 16 games overall. The Ducks continue their 14-game November schedule (10 home, four road), posting a 4-8-0 record this month and 160-144-66 record in the month all-time. Potential milestones tonight include Alex Killorn one goal from 200 NHL goals. Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will return to Orange County to begin a two-game homestand Thursday, Nov. 30 vs. the Washington Capitals (7 p.m. PT) and Saturday, Dec. 2 vs. Washington (7 p.m. PT).
DUCKS-CANUCKS: Anaheim and Vancouver begin a three-game season series tonight at Rogers Arena, the first of two contests in Vancouver. The Ducks have earned points in eight of their last 11 games vs. Vancouver (6-3-2) while earning wins in four of the last six at Rogers Arena dating March 26, 2019 (4-1-1) and earning points in seven of the last 10 in Vancouver (6-3-1). All-time, the Ducks own a 56-43-21 all-time record vs. the Canucks, including a 30-24-7 mark on the road. The Canucks won each of the four games of 2022-23, including Nov. 3, 2022 (8-5) and March 8, 2023 (3-2 OT) in Vancouver and March 19 (2-1) and April 11 (3-2) in Orange County. John Gibson is 13-4-2 with three shutouts, a 2.16 GAA and .929 SV% in 19 career games vs. Vancouver, owning the most wins and shutouts vs. the Canucks in Ducks history. Since 2018-19, Gibson has helped Anaheim to a 7-2-1 record vs. Vancouver with a 2.69 GAA and .923 SV% in 10 starts. Jakob Silfverberg (7-7=14 in 36 GP) and Troy Terry (4-10=14 in 13 GP) lead active Ducks skaters in career scoring vs. the Canucks. while Adam Henrique (9-3=12 in 25 GP) leads in career goals vs. Vancouver. Terry paced Anaheim in points (2-4=6) and assists in the 2022-23 season series. The teams next meet March 3 in Orange County (5 p.m. PT).
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the first of three meetings between the Canucks and Ducks this season: Nov. 28 (home), Mar. 3 (road), Mar. 31 (home). • Vancouver is 55-49-9-7 all-time against Anaheim, including a 29-27-2-3 record on home ice. • The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Ducks (4-1 in their last five). • J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against the Ducks with 19 points (8-11-19) in 19 career games. • Elias Pettersson has 18 points (5-13-18) in 14 career games against Anaheim. • Thatcher Demko is 3-2-0 with a 3.40 GAA and a .877 SV% in five career games against the Ducks. • In four career games (3-1-0), Casey DeSmith has a 2.26 GAA and a .930 SV% all-time against Anaheim.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has registered 25 points (5-20-25) in his last 15 games, totaling 33 points overall (8-25-33). He ranks t-2nd amongst all skaters in points and he is tied for the league lead in assists (25). Hughes is also on an 11-game point streak (4- 13-17), the longest active streak in the league. • J.T. Miller has 33 points overall this season (13-20-33). He ranks t-2nd in the league for points. • Brock Boeser has scored 15 goals this season, ranking t-1st in the league. • Filip Hronek has five points in his last five games and is currently on a three-game point streak (1-3-4).
LAST MEETING – APR. 11/23: VAN 3 at ANA 2
Brock Boeser opened the scoring on a tic-tac-toe power play passing play for his 18th goal of the season at 12:14 in the first period…Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th point of the season with the primary assist while J.T. Miller collected the secondary assist…Andrei Kuzmenko notched his team-leading 39th goal of the campaign, also on the power play, at 16:12 in the first period…Akito Hirose and Thatcher Demko assisted on the play…Miller added a goal of his own at 1:26 in the third period for the eventual game-winning goal and his 200th career tally, assisted by Phillip Di Giuseppe and Pettersson…Boeser and Pettersson co-led the team in shots (5)…Miller led all Canucks in hits (3) and Kyle Burroughs led in blocks (3)…Thatcher Demko made 33 saves.
LAST 5 – vs ANAHEIM
• Apr. 11/23: VAN 3 at ANA 2
• Mar. 19/23: VAN 2 at ANA 1
• Mar. 8/23: VAN 3 vs ANA 2 (OT)
• Nov. 3/22: VAN 8 vs ANA 5
• Feb. 19/22: VAN 4 vs ANA 7
NON-STOP NOVEMBER
• The Vancouver Canucks are currently t-2nd in the Western Conference and t-4th in the league. They also have the highest goal differential (+32) in the league. • On Nov. 15/23, the Canucks extended their season-opening home game point streak to seven games (6-0-1), tying the second longest run-in franchise history. • The Canucks recorded their 60th goal of the season on Nov. 11/23 at TOR, marking the second time they have ever reached that mark in 14 games or fewer. The last time they accomplished this feat was in 1983.84 (13 GP). • On Nov. 9/23 vs OTT, the Canucks set a new franchise record for the fewest games to reach 10 wins (13 GP). The record was previously 14 games set in 2005.06 and 2014.15. They also started the month of November 4-0-0, for the first time since 2010. • With the 6-2 win on Nov. 6/23 vs EDM, the Vancouver Canucks are off to their best start in franchise history through 12 games (9-2-1). • The Canucks 10-1 victory on Nov. 2/23 at SJS was the first time the Canucks had scored 10 goals in a game since Mar. 1/92 versus Calgary. • With their 3-1 victory on Nov. 20/23 vs SJS, the Canucks extended their winning streak against the Sharks to11 games. It is the third-longest active win streak against a single franchise in the NHL. It is tied for the for the Canucks longest win streak against a single opponent in franchise history (Jan. 10/06 – Feb. 2/13 vs TOR, 11 GP).
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Cole McWard recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 24
• Nils Åman recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 24
• Pius Suter placed on IR, Nov. 24
• Carson Soucy placed on LTIR, Nov. 24
