MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
All-Time Wild Record: 41-31-7 (21-12-6 at Xcel Energy Center, 20-9-1 at Anaheim)
2021-22: Minnesota swept the season series against Anaheim 3-0-0…The Wild earned a 2-1 victory in its season opening match at Honda Center (10/15), a 4-3 overtime win at Xcel Energy Center (10/23) and a 7-3 home win (1/14)…RW Mats Zuccarello led Minnesota with five points (2-3=5)…D Matt Dumba (1-2=3), LW Marcus Foligno (1-2=3), C Ryan Hartman (2-1=3) and LW Kirill Kaprizov (0-3=3) had three points each…G Cam Talbot went 2-0-0 with a 1.93 GAA and a .925 SV% in two starts…G Marc-Andre Fleury went 2-0-0 with a 1.52 GAA, a .957 SV% and one shutout in two starts vs. the Ducks with Chicago…C Ryan Getzlaf led Anaheim with three points (0-3=3)…LW Max Comtois (1-1=2), D Jamie Drysdale (0-2=2), D Cam Fowler (0-2=2), D Hampus Lindholm (0-2=2), LW Rickard Rakell (2-0=2), D Kevin Shattenkirk (0- 2=2) and C Trevor Zegras (1-1=2) notched two points each…G Anthony Stolarz went 0-2-0 with a 4.71 GAA and a .889 SV% in two starts…G John Gibson made 32 saves in the second game…G Lukas Dostal
stopped 12-of-13 shots faced in relief in the third meeting in his first career appearance against the Wild.
WILD LEADERS: D Alex Goligoski leads Minnesota with 24 points (6-18=24) in 53 matches vs. Anaheim…Zuccarello owns 23 points (8-15=23) in 26 games…D Jared Spurgeon has 16 points (7-9=16) in 36 contests…Hartman has 13 points (7-6=13) in 22 games…Kaprizov owns 11 points (1-10=11) in 11 games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 21-5-0 with a 1.93 GAA, a .930 SV% and three shutouts in 26 career starts against Anaheim…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced the Ducks.
DUCKS LEADERS: Shattenkirk leads Anaheim with 23 points (4-19=23) in 42 matches against the Wild…D John Klingberg has 22 points (6- 16=22) in 30 games…C Adam Henrique owns 20 points (8-12=20) in 26 contests…RW Jakob Silfverberg has 15 points (8-7=15) in 26 contests.
DUCKS GOALIES: Gibson is 7-5-3 with a 2.33 GAA, a .928 SV% and three shutouts in 16 starts against the Wild…Stolarz is 1-2-0 with a 4.44 GAA
and a .892 SV% in three career starts.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota has won the last 10 meetings, the longest winning streak against an opponent in team history…The Wild is 12-1-1 in the last 14 games against Anaheim…The Wild is 9-2-0 in its last 11 games at Honda Center, outscoring Anaheim, 33-19…The Wild has earned points in 22 of its last 32 games played at Xcel Energy Center (19-10-3)…Minnesota was swept by Anaheim in the 2003 Western Conference Final and lost 4-1 in the 2007 First Round.
INJURIES
Brandon Duhaime: upper body
Marcus Foligno: upper body
Ryan Hartman: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October 30 – Nov. 8, 2022
11/6/22 Recalled F Adam Beckman and F Joseph Cramarossa from Iowa0
11/3/22 Reassigned F Steven Fogarty to Iowa
10/31/22 Recalled F Steven Fogarty from Iowa
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
• Minnesota has scored three-plus goals in 31 of its last 36 regular-season contests, including nine of 12 games this season and 22 of the last 24 games of the 2021-22 campaign.
• Dating dating back to March 16, 2022, the Wild have posted a +25 goal differential in regular-season games, the fifth-best mark in the NHL during that span behind Vegas (+36), Boston (+36), Edmonton (+33) and Tampa Bay (+28).
• The Wild ranked fifth in the NHL in goals/game last season (3.72), netting three-plus goals in 66-of-82 games.
• Minnesota scored a franchise record 305 goals last season (not including shootout goals).
ON THE POWER PLAY
• Through 12 games the Wild has converted ten of its 39 powerplay opportunities (25.6 pct.), the eighth-best rate in the league.
• Minnesota has recorded a power-play goal in seven of 12 games this season.
• The Wild tallied a power-play goal in each of its first five games of the 2022-23 season, the franchise’s longest power-play goal streak to open a season since a franchise-best six-game streak in 2010-11.
WE’RE GOING BACK-TO-BACK
• The Wild is playing its second of 12 sets of back-to-back games against Los Angeles and Anaheim. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Wild is 11-4-1 in the first game and 9-4-2 in the second game of back-to-backs.
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
NOV. 6, 2022 – ANAHEIM 3 vs. FLORIDA 5
The Ducks opened a four-game homestand with a 5-3 loss to the Florida Panthers Sunday night at Honda Center. Adam Henrique and Ryan Strome scored goals 27 seconds apart in the second period to erase a two-goal deficit and tie the game at 2-2. Henrique’s goal marked his fourth goal of the season and his fourth the past four games (4-0=4). Strome also added an assist, marking two multi-point efforts in his past three games (2-2=4) and points in four of his last five games (3-3=6). Troy Terry extended his assist streak to a career-long five games after recording an assist. Isac Lundestrom scored his first goal of the season on his first career penalty shot at 18:46 in the third (shorthanded). John Klingberg earned an assist to push his point streak to four games (0-5=5). John Gibson stopped 43 shots, his second contest with 40-or-more saves (also Oct. 12 vs. SEA, 44 saves).
PP: 0-2 PK: 3-5 SF: 35 SA: 48 TOI: Cam Fowler (23:54)
Three Stars: 1. B. Montour 2. R. Strome 3. S. Knight
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Nov. 12 Chicago Honda Center 7 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Nov. 15 Detroit Honda Center 7 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Nov. 17 @ Winnipeg MTS Centre 5 p.m. BSW / Ducks Stream
Nov. 19 @ St. Louis Enterprise Center 5 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Nov. 21 @ St. Louis Enterprise Center 5 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Oct. 11 Assigned C Glenn Gawdin to San Diego (AHL).
Oct. 13 Assigned D Noah Warren to Gatineau (QMJHL).
Oct. 31 Recalled C Glenn Gawdin from San Diego (AHL). Assigned LW Pavol Regenda to San Diego. Placed D Jamie
Drysdale on Long-Term Injured Reserve.
Nov. 1 Assigned C Sam Carrick to San Diego (AHL) on a Long-Term Injury Conditioning Loan.
ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 45
PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
Sam Carrick Hip surgery 6 months 13
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 13
Urho Vaakanainen Upper-body Week-to-week 13
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 5
ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks continue a four-game homestand tonight vs. the Minnesota Wild at Honda Center (7 p.m. PT, TV: TNT & Bally Sports West AUDIO: Ducks Stream). The Ducks enter tonight’s game with wins in three of the last five games (3-2-0) and 21 goals during that stretch. Anaheim owns an all-time record of 1,025-879-302, including 576-380-145 at home and 449-499-156 away from Orange County. Anaheim continues a 14-game November schedule with seven home and seven road contests (2-2-0 in the month to date). Anaheim also enters tonight’s game tied for the fewest home contests in the NHL (4) while playing the most road contests to date (9, also FLA). Adam Henrique enters tonight’s game one goal from 100 goals as a Duck where he can become the 10th player in franchise history to reach the milestone. Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will open the second half of the homestand on Saturday, Nov. 12 vs. Chicago (7 p.m. PT) and conclude the stretch on home ice Tuesday, Nov. 15 vs. Detroit (7 p.m. PT).
CLUTCH COMEBACKS: The Ducks lead the NHL with three third-period, multi-goal comebacks wins this season, including Oct. 12 vs. SEA (5-4, OT win, trailed 4-2 with 15:51 in third), Oct. 30 vs. TOR (4-3 OT win, trailed 3-1 with 12:36 remaining) and Nov. 5 @ SJS (5-4 shootout win, trailed 4-2 with 9:33 remaining). Anaheim’s comeback win over San Jose marked the second time in franchise history the club has come back from a multi-goal deficit in the final 5:00 of regulation in the regular season (also Dec. 7, 2016 vs. CAR). Anaheim has recorded four third-period, multi-goal comeback victories in a single regular season just three times in franchise history (six in 2014-15 and five in 2009-10 & 4 in 2013-14).
TERRY TALK: Right Wing Troy Terry leads Anaheim in points this season (5-12=17) and ranks tied for ninth in assists and 10th among NHL leaders in scoring. He also ranks tied for second among NHL skaters in even-strength points (4-10=14) and co-leads in even-strength assists (10). The Denver native is currently riding a career-best five-game assist streak (1-7=8), surpassing his prior best of four straight games with an assist Nov. 9-16, 2021 (3-4=7). In addition to his point streak, Terry has also recorded 2-9=11 points his last seven games (three multi-point efforts). Terry has begun the season with points in each of Anaheim’s first four home games (3- 4=7), including multiple points in each of his first two home contests (1-2=3 Oct. 12 vs. SEA & 1-1=2 Oct. 26 vs. TBL), the seventh player in Ducks history to post multiple points in each of his team’s first two home games of a season. Terry recorded the most points in franchise history through Anaheim’s first 11 games (5-10=15) while he also matched the most assists in club history through 11 games (10), tying Teemu Selanne (10 in 2012-13), Ryan Getzlaf (10 in 2010-11) & Steve Rucchin (2002-03).
SEASON PLAYER GP G A P
1999-00 Teemu Selanne 12 6 11 17
2022-23 Troy Terry 12 5 11 16
2009-10 Corey Perry 12 8 7 15
2000-01 Paul Kariya 12 5 10 15
1998-99 Paul Kariya 12 6 9 15
GENERATION Z: Center Trevor Zegras leads the Ducks in goals (7) and ranks second among team leaders with 7-5=12 points. Zegras also scored 5-4=9 points his last eight games, while he recorded points in a career-tying four straight games Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (3-4=7), matching his prior streak set Apr. 24-29, 2022 (2-2=4). Zegras recorded his fifth career multi-goal game Oct. 30 vs. TOR (2-0=2), including his second career OT goal. Zegras enters tonight leading the NHL with two shootout goals this season and eight shootout goals the last two seasons after leading the NHL in shootout goals in 2021-22 (6).
GIBBY’S GAME: John Gibson entered Tuesday’s games leading NHL goalies in saves (321) while he also paces NHL goalies with two assists (five other goaltenders have one assist).Gibson earned his fifth career helper, the primary assist, on Troy Terry’s OT winning goal Oct. 12 vs. SEA and tied J.S. Giguere for second in Ducks all-time goaltender assists with his sixth career helper Nov. 3 @ VAN. Gibson stopped his eighth career penalty shot (10th attempt) against Alexander Kerfoot Oct. 30 vs. TOR. He has stopped an NHL-leading six penalty shots since the start of 2020-21, with two goalies tied with three penalty shot saves (Connor Hellebuyck, WPG & Frederik Andersen, CAR/TOR).
STOLIE SAVES: Anthony Stolarz has won back-to-back starts, both at San Jose, stopping a combined 96 shots in the victories. He set a career high 48 saves Nov. 5 @ SJS, surpassing his prior high of 46 in a shutout win Apr. 12, 2021 @ SJS. Stolarz has stopped 40-or-more shots in each of his three starts, including Nov. 5 @ SJS (48), Nov. 1 @ SJS (44) and Oct. 18 @ NJD (41).
M(A)C ATTACK: Rookie center Mason McTavish has picked up 1-6=7 points, ranking tied for second among Ducks leaders in assists this season (also John Klingberg). Among NHL rookies, McTavish ranks tied for second in points (7) and primary assists (3), and tied for fourth in assists, while his 56.0 FOW% is fourth among league newcomers (min. 20 attempts). McTavish scored his first goal of 2022-23 last night, Nov. 5 @ SJS (1-1=2), as part of his second career multi-point game (also Oct. 13, 2021 vs. WPG; 1-1=2).
GO SHORTY: Isac Lundestrom scored his first goal of the season on his first career penalty shot attempt Nov. 6 vs. FLA, netting his fifth career shorthanded goal. The 20th career penalty shot in Ducks history came on his 23rd birthday. Lundestrom has scored five shorthanded goals since the start of the 2021-22 season, tied with Alex Formenton, Adam Lowry and Trevor Moore for the most in the NHL over that span.
KLING-ON: Defenseman John Klingberg has tallied assists in four straight games to open November (0-5=5), leading Ducks blueliners in scoring and assists and ranking tied for second among team leaders in assists. The only Ducks defensemen in the past 10 years with a longer point streak are Kevin Shattenkirk (five straight games in 2021-22), Cam Fowler (five games in 2020-21) and Ben Lovejoy (five games in 2013-14). Among defensemen selected in the 2010 NHL Draft, Klingberg leads in career points (71-310=381), assists, primary assists (159), PPP (150), PPA (131) and OT goals (6).
FEATURING FOWLER: Defenseman Cam Fowler leads Anaheim in TOI/game (24:25) and SH TOI/game (3:14), while he has led the club in TOI in 10 of the 13 contests to date. His 27.7 shifts per game also pace the club. In 2021-22, Fowler led Anaheim in TOI/game (24:25) while he led the Ducks in shifts per game the last two seasons: 2021-22 (27.4) and 2020-21 (27.3).
DUCKS-WILD: Anaheim and Minnesota open a three-game season series tonight at Honda Center. The Ducks own a 36-29-14 all-time record vs. the Wild, including a 20-15-5 mark in Anaheim. In 2021-22, the Wild earned a 2-1 win in Anaheim (Oct. 15) and a 4-3 OT win (Oct. 23) and a 7-3 win (Jan. 14) in Minnesota. John Gibson (7-5-3 in 16 games) is tied for the franchise-lead in shutouts (3) against the Wild with Jean-Sebastien Giguere while also posting a career 2.33 GAA and .928 SV% vs. Minnesota. Kevin Shattenkirk (4-19=23 in 42 games) leads Ducks skaters in career scoring and assists vs. the Wild, and Adam Henrique (8-12=20 in 26 GP) and Jakob Silfverberg (8-7=15 in 26 GP) co-lead the Ducks in career goals vs. Minnesota. These two teams will continue their season series at Xcel Energy Center Dec. 3 (11 a.m. PT) and wrap up the three-game set Dec. 21 in Orange County (7 p.m. PT).
ANA-MIN SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Nov. 9 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports West & TNT / Ducks Stream
Dec. 3 Xcel Energy Center 11 a.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream
Dec. 21 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports West / Ducks Stream
ANA-MIN ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Minnesota
All-Time Series: 36-29-14 20-15-5 16-14-9
Current Streak: 10 MIN wins Four MIN wins Six MIN wins
Last ANA Win: Jan. 18, 2021 (1-0) Jan. 18, 2021 (1-0) Dec. 10, 2019 (3-2 SO)
Last MIN Win: Jan. 14, 2022 (7-3) Oct. 15, 2021 (2-1) Jan. 14, 2022 (7-3)
ANA Last 10: 0-7-3 2-6-2 4-3-3
