Game 26: Ducks At Blues

Anaheim (15-9-1) at St. Louis (9-10-7)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 5 PM, KCOP-13 / Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks finish their brief two game road trip in St. Louis. Yesterday Anaheim got an early 2-0 lead in the opening minute of the game against Chicago. The Ducks had a 3-0 lead in the middle of the first period, but eventually lost 5-3. To add literal insult to injury, Petr Mrazek was injured and couldn’t finish the game.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.60 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.23 Per Game
Power Play: 20.0%
Penalty Kill: 73.8%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 51.73%
Overall: 52.00%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.24%
Overall: 51.50%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 15 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

Petr Mrazek (lower-body) was injured in the third period of the loss yesterday and did not finish the game. Vyacheslav Buteyets was called up as a result.

Lukas Dostal was placed on the IR and is expected to be out 2-3 weeks with an upper-body injury.

Mikael Granlund has been out with a lower body injury..

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Poehling – Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston – Jansen Harkins

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger – Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov – Radko Gudas
Ian Moore

In Net:
Ville Husso 1-1-0 GAA 4.10 SV% .821 (Confirmed)

St. Louis Outlook 

The Blues are on a two game winning streak. They beat Ottawa 4-3 and then shutout Utah 1-0. St. Louis is 5-5-4 at home this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.62 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.42 Per Game
Power Play: 20.9%
Penalty Kill: 75.4%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 47.52%
Overall: 48.33%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 47.51%
Overall: 48.31%

Jordan Kyrou leads the team with 14 total points (7G + 7A).

Projected Lineup 

Offense
Jake Neighbours – Robert Thomas – Jordan Kyrou
Brayden Schenn – Dalibor Dvorsky – Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway – Nick Bjugstad – Jimmy Snuggerud
Alexey Toropchenko – Oskar Sundqvist – Mathieu Joseph

Defense
Philip Broberg – Colton Parayko
Matthew Kessel – Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler – Logan Mailloux

In Net:
Jordan Binnington 6-5-5 GAA 3.11 SV% .882 (Confirmed)

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December 1st, 2025