GDT: #10 ⋅ ANA @ PIT ⋅ 4:00 PM PDT

anezthes · 2024-10-31T04:52:19-0400

1 Dostál

vs

71 Malkin – 87 Crosby – 67 Rakell
10 O'Connor – 20 Eller – 48 Puustinen
13 Hayes – 46 Lizotte – 72 Beauvillier
8 Bunting – 19 Glass – 55 Acciari

24 Grzelcyk – 58 Letang
28 Pettersson – 65 Karlsson
27 Graves – 3 St. Ivany

30 Blomqvist

Season Series 2024–25

#1 ⋅ @ PIT ⋅ October 31, 7:00 PM EDT
#2 ⋅ @ ANA ⋅ January 23, 10:00 PM EST

Last year: 4-3 W (McTavish 2G, Dostál 33/35 .943), 0-2 L (Gibson 34/35 .972).

Team Leaders 2024–25

P: 8 (Terry) vs 14 (Malkin)
G: 5 (Terry) vs 6 (Rakell)
A: 5 (McTavish) vs 11 (Malkin)
GAA: 2.00 (Dostál) vs 3.46 (Blomqvist)
SV%: .943 (Dostál) vs .909 (Blomqvist)

Team Stats 2024–25

Record: 4-4-1 vs 3-7-1
GF: 21 vs 33
GF/GP: 2.33 (#30) vs 3.00 (#19)
GA: 25 vs 47
GA/GP: 2.78 (#6) vs 4.27 (#32)
PP: 13.8 (#28) vs 22.6 (#12)
PK: 75.0 (#22) vs 84.9 (#7)

hockey webcomics · 2024-10-31T07:33:26-0400

Best moment of last season and one of my fave goals.
I hope it happens again.

Kalv · 2024-10-31T08:30:22-0400

LuGBuG · 2024-10-31T09:36:15-0400

Tonight the lid comes off the Ketchup bottle and Zegras paints the ice with it. LETS GO. Would love to have more wins then losses at this point.

Ducks · 2024-10-31T10:51:43-0400

Keep Z at C.

SingDomestica · 2024-10-31T11:36:06-0400

Ducks said:
Keep Z at C.

Keep D at G

DavidBL · 2024-10-31T12:59:50-0400

So why us Pit struggling so much. They seem to be getting good production. Is goaltending their downfall or D? Or both?

Terry Yake · 2024-10-31T13:22:31-0400

DavidBL said:
So why us Pit struggling so much. They seem to be getting good production. Is goaltending their downfall or D? Or both?

bad goaltending
bad coaching
no depth outside of crosby/malkin
karlsson/letang are old

DavidBL · 2024-10-31T13:46:50-0400

Terry Yake said:
bad goaltending
bad coaching
no depth outside of crosby/malkin
karlsson/letang are old

I mean rakell has like 8 pts in 11 games. Even Petterson has 6 pts. It doesn't feel like they don't have depth. Could be another Gibby opportunity though. That being said watching Reimer the other night not sure I want to trade him at the moment.

JAHV · 2024-10-31T13:48:38-0400

DavidBL said:
So why us Pit struggling so much. They seem to be getting good production. Is goaltending their downfall or D? Or both?

Their goaltending is bad (.886 save percentage), but their defense is even worse. They're the only team giving up more 5-on-5 shots against than the Ducks. Karlsson has never been good at defending and he's older now, plus Letang has seemingly fallen off a cliff, Pettersson has taken a step back, and all of their forwards are like 50 years old.

So getting better goaltending would help, but it wouldn't be a cure-all.

Anaheim4ever · 2024-10-31T14:15:02-0400

JAHV said:
Their goaltending is bad (.886 save percentage), but their defense is even worse. They're the only team giving up more 5-on-5 shots against than the Ducks. Karlsson has never been good at defending and he's older now, plus Letang has seemingly fallen off a cliff, Pettersson has taken a step back, and all of their forwards are like 50 years old.

So getting better goaltending would help, but it wouldn't be a cure-all.

I've always felt like that having Karlsson on a team is almost like having an extra forward out there but one less defenseman. It makes Makar look even better given how he's good defensively.

Years ago Doug Wilson seemed to think that having Burns and Karlsson would do for them what Pronger and Niedermayer did for Anaheim except that Pronger and Niedermayer could defend at an elite level and still put up 60ish points. While Burns and Karlsson are giving up leads left and right.

anezthes · 2024-10-31T14:21:49-0400

Previous GDT Team Leaders were fake news. Forgot that NHL.com listed "last 5 games" and not season totals. My spookiest apologies.

GermanRocket7 · 2024-10-31T14:23:43-0400

JAHV said:
Their goaltending is bad (.886 save percentage), but their defense is even worse. They're the only team giving up more 5-on-5 shots against than the Ducks. Karlsson has never been good at defending and he's older now, plus Letang has seemingly fallen off a cliff, Pettersson has taken a step back, and all of their forwards are like 50 years old.

So getting better goaltending would help, but it wouldn't be a cure-all.

Watch them being gifted Gavin McKenna in '26 and/or Landon DuPont in '27.

Static · 2024-10-31T14:40:12-0400

I remember Halloween night against Vancouver all those years ago. So many goals, so much entertainment.

Ducks DVM · 2024-10-31T15:05:01-0400

Kalv said:

There’s an amazing John Oliver bit about this

anezthes · 2024-10-31T15:16:12-0400

Static said:
I remember Halloween night against Vancouver all those years ago. So many goals, so much entertainment.

I thought you meant this:

But that was in January (2014).

DarthYenik · 2024-10-31T15:19:00-0400

I was told by an Arizona Cardinals fan that being 4-4 was good. So being 4-4-1 must mean we’re slightly better than good. Let’s go!

hockey webcomics · 2024-10-31T15:25:57-0400

karlsson is darned jinxed since he left ottawa
by then, he was expected to be "the next lidstrom"

i remember when san jose's gm said the team would go full rebuild mode and he said he wasn't aware of that until he read the news

Static · 2024-10-31T15:41:03-0400

anezthes said:
I thought you meant this:

But that was in January (2014).

Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks Box Score: October 31, 2008 | Hockey-Reference.com

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anezthes · 2024-10-31T15:43:44-0400

Static said:
Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks Box Score: October 31, 2008 | Hockey-Reference.com

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Ah, the "shootout" game.

Mr Rogers · 2024-10-31T16:39:12-0400

Static said:
Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks Box Score: October 31, 2008 | Hockey-Reference.com

Get the latest box score updates on the Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks game played on October 31, 2008 on Hockey-Reference.com

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Both games were crazy. Also remarkable how the Sedins didn’t have a point in the 2008 game

Terry Yake · 2024-10-31T16:45:40-0400

brian sutherby. there's a throwback

the ducks were a revolving door of (mostly shitty) veteran d-men from 08-2011 or so

montador
eminger
foster
ward
sutton
boynton
lilja
hedican

i'm sure i'm forgetting a few

Mr Rogers · 2024-10-31T16:58:17-0400

Terry Yake said:
brian sutherby. there's a throwback

the ducks were a revolving door of (mostly shitty) veteran d-men from 08-2011 or so

montador
eminger
foster
ward
sutton
boynton
lilja
hedican

i'm sure i'm forgetting a few

Man Eminger was brutal. Such a dumb player haha

Rybread86 · 2024-10-31T17:27:25-0400

Terry Yake said:
brian sutherby. there's a throwback

the ducks were a revolving door of (mostly shitty) veteran d-men from 08-2011 or so

montador
eminger
foster
ward
sutton
boynton
lilja
hedican

i'm sure i'm forgetting a few

Just seeing some of those names puts me in the way back machine. I liked Monty, RIP.

hockey webcomics · 2024-10-31T17:31:40-0400

Rybread86 said:
Just seeing some of those names puts me in the way back machine. I liked Monty, RIP.

was he already retired by the time of his passing?

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