Game 77: Ducks vs Flames

Anaheim (41-30-5) vs Calgary (31-16-8)

Pregame Show: DucksNPucks Podcast

TV: 7 PM, Victory+ / KCOP-13

Audio: Ducks Stream

Anaheim Outlook

The Ducks lost to the St. Louis Blues last night 6-2 and have now lost four in a row. Anaheim finds themselves in second place today since Edmonton owns the tiebreaker of more regulation wins.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 3.24 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.50 Per Game
Power Play: 17.8%
Penalty Kill: 77.2%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 52.01%
Overall: 51.51%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 51.98%
Overall: 51.51%

Cutter Gauthier leads the team with 38 goals.

Team Injuries/News:

Ross Johnston is expected to be out 3-4 weeks with a lower body injury according to Head Coach Joel Quenneville.

Jansen Harkins had surgery on his had a few days ago and is going to be out for about a month.

Cutter Gauthier (upper-body), Radko Gudas (lower-body), and Pavel Mintyukov (lower-body) did not play in the last two games. Gauthier is questionable for tonight’s game.

Tyson Hinds was recalled from San Diego today.

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense:
Chris Kreider – Leo Carlsson – Troy Terry
Alex Killorn – Mikael Granlund – Beckett Sennecke
Mason McTavish – Ryan Poehling – Jeffrey Viel
Frank Vatrano – Tim Washe – Nathan Gaucher

Defense:
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Ian Moore – John Carlson
Olen Zellweger – Drew Helleson

In Net:
Ville Husso 9-7-2 GAA 3.15 SV% .891 (Unconfirmed)

Calgary Outlook 

The Flames aren’t mathematically out of the playoffs, but with so many teams ahead of them they might as well be considered out of it. This will be Ryan Strome‘s first game back in Anaheim since he was traded. Calgary is 10-24-3 on the road this season.

By The Numbers:

Goals For: 2.53 Per Game
Goals Against: 3.16 Per Game
Power Play: 16.4%
Penalty Kill: 79.7%

Corsi For %
Even Strength: 49.40%
Overall: 49.36%

Fenwick For %
Even Strength: 48.86%
Overall: 48.67%

Blake Coleman and Morgan Frost are tied for the team lead with 19 goals.

Projected Lineup (Last Game)

Offense
Blake Coleman – Mikael Backlund – Joel Farabee
Matvei Gridin – Morgan Frost – Matthew Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich – Ryan Strome – Victor Olofsson
Connor Zary – Martin Pospisil – Adam Klapka

Defense
Kevin Bahl – Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov – Zayne Parekh
Olli Maatta – Brayden Pachal

In Net:
Dustin Wolf 22-27-3 GAA 3.09 SV% .895 (Unconfirmed)

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April 4th, 2026