Game 39: Ducks vs Sharks

Anaheim (21-15-2) vs San Jose (18-17-3)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 7 PM, KTTV-11 / Victory+

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks came out of.the holiday break and got blowout by the Kings 6-1. LA scored four goals in the first period and never looked back. The lone goal for Anaheim came from Mason McTavish on the power play.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.32 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.47 Per Game
Power Play: 17.1%
Penalty Kill: 75.4%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 52.03%
Overall: 52.02%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 52.08%
Overall: 52.08%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 18 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

Radko Gudas and Ross Johnston are both out tonight dealing with an illness.

Frank Vatrano (upper-body) tripped into the boards in the third period against the Kings on Saturday. He won’t play tonight and his timetable to return is unknown according to Head Coach Joel Quenneville.

Projected Lineup 

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Mikael Granlund
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Beckett Sennecke
Nikita Nesterenko – Ryan Poehling – Troy Terry
Alex Killorn – Jansen Harkins – Ryan Strome

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

In Net:
Lukas Dostal 13-8-1 GAA 2.87 SV% .899 (Confirmed)

San Jose Outlook 

The Sharks were on a three game losing streak dropping contests to Dallas, Seattle, and Vegas. They were outscored 16 to 7 in those contests. In their last contest they doubled up Vancouver 6-3. They are 8-10-0 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.00 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.45 Per Game
Power Play: 18.2%
Penalty Kill: 77.9%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 45.34%
Overall: I 45.69%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 44.10%
Overall: 44.50%

Macklin Celebrini leads the team with 20 goals.

Offense
William Eklund – Macklin Celebrini – Igor Chernyshov
Collin Graf – Alexander Wennberg – Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner – Ty Dellandrea – Adam Gaudette
Barclay Goodrow – Zack Ostapchuk – Ryan Reaves

Defense
Dmitry Orlov – John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro – Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson – Vincent Iorio

In Net:
Yaroslav Askarov 13-10-1 GAA 3.35 SV% .898 (Confirmed)

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December 29th, 2025