The Anaheim Ducks (16-30-2, 34 points, 7th Pacific) are on the road Saturday with a visit to the Minnesota Wild (21-22-5, 47 points, 7th Central). Anaheim was defeated by the Dallas Stars 4-3 in overtime on Thursday night. Anaheim has lost 11 straight in Dallas and overall the Ducks have lost four of the last five. Minnesota was defeated by the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Thursday as the Wild gave up three goals in the third period. Minnesota's three-game winning streak was snapped in the loss. Anaheim will play without Ilya Lyubushkin, Max Jones, Alex Kilorn, Trevor Zegras and Pavel Mintyukov. Minnesota will play without Vinni Lettieri, Connor Dewar and Jared Spurgeon.
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Anaheim is 29th in goals for at 2.54 per game and the Ducks are taking 28.6 shots per game which is 26th. Anaheim is winning 48.8% of its face off which is 21st and the power play for Anaheim scores 18.7% of the time which is also 21st. Frank Vatrano is leading Anaheim in goals scored with 21 and Adam Henrique is second with 15. Troy Terry is the leader in assists with 21 and Cam Fowler is second with 20. Vatrano is the leader in points with 34 and Terry is second with 33.
Anaheim has a goals against average of 3.46, which is 26th in the NHL while allowing an average of 32.7 shots per game which is 28th. Anaheim's penalty kill unit is successful 77.7% the time the Ducks are short-handed which is 24th. Anaheim goalie John Gibson is 9-19-1 with a 3.09 goals against average and .900 save percentage in 31 appearances, while Lukas Dostal is 7-11-1 with a 3.58 goals against the average and .900 save percentage in 21 appearances.
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