Tonight's game with the Oilers closes out a four-game season series, which has seen the Ducks go 1-2-0 thus far. They earned a 2-1 victory on Nov. 23, but have since dropped two straight to the Oilers, losing 4-0 on Jan. 6 and 2-1 on Feb. 23. The Ducks have posted an all-time record of 58-38-12 against the Oilers, including a 26-20-7 mark in Edmonton. Since April 5, 2012, the Ducks have gone 20-4-6, earning 46 of a possible 60 points (.767 points percentage). In Edmonton, they've earned points in nine of their last 10 (6-1-3) along with points in 21 of the last 23 (17-2-4) dating to Dec. 27, 2007. Corey Perry paces active Ducks in career scoring vs. Edmonton with 46 points (25g/21a) in 52 games.
This marks the finale of a five-game homestand for the Oilers, who have gone 2-0-2 thus far. They kept their faint playoff hopes alive by earning a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday, but still sit eight points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card spot with five games remaining.
With two points (1g/1a) in the game on Thursday, Leon Draisaitl reached 101 points on the season, surpassing the 100-point total for the first time in his career. Draisaitl ranks fourth in the NHL in points and second in goals (47), two back of Washington's Alex Ovechkin. Connor McDavid scored his 40th goal of the season against the Stars, giving him consecutive 40-goal campaigns. He enters tonight's game with 114 points - the most of his career - and has three consecutive seasons of 100 points or more.
