GDT: #32 ⋅ ANA @ UTA ⋅ 2:00 PM PST

[anezthes]

77 Vatrano ⋅ 16 Strome ⋅ 19 Terry
26 McGinn ⋅ 91 Carlsson ⋅ 17 Killorn
61 Gauthier ⋅ 23 McTavish ⋅ 13 Fabbri
44 Johnston ⋅ 21 Lundeström ⋅ 38 Harkins

2 LaCombe ⋅ 7 Gudas
51 Zellweger ⋅ 65 Trouba
34 Mintyukov ⋅ 6 Dumoulin

1 Dostál

vs

9 Keller ⋅ 27 Hayton ⋅ 8 Schmaltz
22 McBain ⋅ 92 Cooley ⋅ 11 Guenther
63 Maccelli ⋅ 17 Bjugstad ⋅ 67 Crouse
53 Carcone ⋅ 82 Stenlund ⋅ 15 Kerfoot

98 Sergachev ⋅ 2 Määttä
28 Cole ⋅ 7 Kesselring
4 Välimäki ⋅ 52 Kolyachonok

70 Vejmelka
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Season Series 2024-25

#1 ⋅ @ ANA ⋅ 5-4 W
#2 ⋅ @ UTA ⋅ Dec 22
#3 ⋅ @ UTA ⋅ Mar 12

Last season: 1-2 L, 4-3 W, 0-2 L.
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Team Leaders 2024–25

P: 25 (Terry) vs 32 (Guenther)
G: 9 (Terry) vs 16 (Guenther)
A: 16 (Terry) vs 22 (Cooley)
GAA: 2.65 (Dostál) vs 2.29 (Vejmelka)
SV%: .920 (Dostál) vs .918 (Vejmelka)
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Team Stats 2024–25

Record: 12-15-4 vs 16-11-5
GF/GP: 2.42 (#31) vs 3.00 (#16)
GA/GP: 3.06 (#17) vs 2.81 (#9)
PP: 14.3% (#29) vs 22.0% (#14)
PK: 72.7% (#28) vs 79.1% (#18)​

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[Kalv]

Oh shoot I thought we're done until after Christmas. Oh well here we go. Really need to win this one

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Oh shoot I thought we're done until after Christmas. Oh well here we go. Really need to win this one

Play like we played last 2 games and we should win

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Euro friendly time slot, NHL getting soft.

 

[duckaroosky]

Euro friendly time slot, NHL getting soft.

The NHL doesn't care enough about the ducks to worry about time slots

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Using Dec 21st standings, we are the best of the worst.

If you want to see our Strength of Schedule opponent table, then click the spoiler button.

Spoiler: Our SoS table as of Dec 21st

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Last 5 games

In our last five games, we went 2-3-0. The outcome matched the projected record of 2-3-0.
We lost one we shouldn't have and won one shouldn't based upon our pattern shared above.

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Next 5 games
Our next five games looks like a difficult set. Projected record is 1-4-0 (2 points).

Anaheim has been dominating the possession and High Danger chances at 5v5 situations in the last two games. (Scroll to the bottom for those game stats from the link.) Maybe those three days off between the Columbus and Winnipeg game did rejuvenate the team? Let's see if there is continuation of said rejuvenation for the Ducks to come out with a win against Utah.

 

[Kalv]

Euro friendly time slot, NHL getting soft.

It's still midnight for me 11 PM for most.
Regular Ducks games start at 5AM for me which would be comparable to this - I prefer waking up earlier than to stay up for longer

 

[Mr Rogers]

Don’t like our chances here. Utah is a quick team , I don’t think we’ll keep up with them especially at a high altitude.

 

[Vipers31]

It's still midnight for me 11 PM for most.
Regular Ducks games start at 5AM for me which would be comparable to this - I prefer waking up earlier than to stay up for longer

I wholeheartedly disagree- but then again, I’m at a game before (now) and won’t be home from a few post-game drinks in time for this one, so today a bit later would have been nice.

 

[Kalv]

I wholeheartedly disagree- but then again, I’m at a game before (now) and won’t be home from a few post-game drinks in time for this one, so today a bit later would have been nice.

It surely differs per person. 10 years ago, I'd also prefer late nights.
Now for me early mornings are easier to find time than late in night

 

[MCB]

I wholeheartedly disagree- but then again, I’m at a game before (now) and won’t be home from a few post-game drinks in time for this one, so today a bit later would have been nice.

I agree here, my girlfriend scheduled a U-Haul to move her stuff all today. I informed her next time she needs to check the ducks schedule prior to life obligations.

 

[la patineuse]

Weird time, but ok. I'll be in and out doing Christmas prep stuff. Hopefully road-game Killorn will show up as well as the rest of the team. They don't seem to like Honda Center so much this season.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Fix the special teams. Can't give up a pp goal every game. We win when our pk gets better