The Ducks (41-30-5) look to return to their successful methods as they host the Flames (31-36-8) for the ultimate time this season.
Puck drop is ready for 7 p.m. PT and can air on FOX 11 and Victory+.
Anaheim fell to the Blues final night time in a lopsided 6-2 affair. Ryan Poehling had the staff’s opening purpose in addition to an help whereas Jeffrey Viel had the opposite rating.
“We even have a decent start, and then we gave them three goals in the first period that were definitely all our faults,” head coach Joel Quenneville mentioned. “They gave us a good education on playing a real solid team game, and we didn’t play with the urgency that was needed and are capable of sustaining their game. We chased the puck a lot.”
As of at present, the Ducks and Oilers are nonetheless tied atop the Pacific Division with 87 factors, however Edmonton holds a tiebreaker over Anaheim to have the first-place edge.
“Everyone knows the scenario that we’re in,” Poehling mentioned postgame. “Last two video games, I believed we performed good hockey. Tonight wasn’t the case.”
All of the Ducks’ remaining video games are towards Western Conference groups, making tonight’s second recreation of a back-to-back towards the Flames that rather more vital.
Anaheim is 3-0-0 towards Calgary this season with every of the video games going to additional time or shootouts. This is the ultimate assembly between the groups this common season.
“Let’s find a way to take care of our business, and we’ve got a lot of business to take care of here,” Quenneville mentioned.
The Flames are on a skid of their very own dropping their final two video games. The most up-to-date loss got here Thursday to the Golden Knights, 6-3.
Statuses of Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas, and Pavel Mintyukov are up within the air for tonight as yesterday, Quenneville famous Gauthier can be “questionable at best” vs Calgary.
