NFL Show
The Anaheim Ducks (8-20-3, 19 points, 8th Pacific) look to string together two consecutive victories for just the second time this season when visiting the Edmonton Oilers (17-13-1, 35 points, T-3rd Pacific), losers of two of their last three. Anaheim was a 5-2 winner over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night, while Edmonton was a 4-3 loser in a shootout to the St Louis Blues on Thursday night. Anaheim will play without Jamie Drysdale, Derek Grant, John Moore, and Anthony Stolarz, while John Gibson and Max Jones are questionable. Edmonton will play without Warren Foegele, Evander Kane and Ryan McLeod.
Anaheim is scoring an average of just 2.35 goals per game which is last in the NHL. Anaheim is taking an average of 30.0 shots per game which is 23rd and the power play for Anaheim is 30th, scoring 14.3 percent of the time the Ducks have the man advantage. Troy Terry is the leading goal scorer for Anaheim with 12 and Trevor Zegras is second with 10. Terry is also the assists leader with 16 and the points leader with 28, while Zegras is second in assists with 15 and 2nd in points with 25. Anaheim has scored only 13 goals on the power play in 31 games.
Anaheim is giving up far too many goals, allowing an average of 4.17 goals per game, which is last. Anaheim is allowing an average of 37.7 shots per game which is last in the NHL. Anaheim’s penalty-kill unit is also last, successfully holding opponents scoreless only 67.0% of the time the Ducks are short-handed. John Gibson, who is questionable, is 5-14-3 with a 3.99 goals-against average and .896 as a percentage. Backup Anthony Stolarz is out injured and third string goalie Lukas Dostal is 1-1-0 with a 4.02 goals-against average in .872 save percentage.