The Ducks return to Honda Center tonight for the first of two preseason games against the Sharks this week. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. The two teams will face off again this Wednesday in San Jose.
Anaheim got its second win of the preseason Saturday night with a 5-3 victory over the Kings. It was a wild third period where the Ducks scored three unanswered goals courtesy of Tyson Hinds, Matthew Phillips, and Nico Myatovic, to clinch the victory. Pavel Mintyukov and Nathan Gaucher had the additional two goals on the evening.
“Everybody was working their tails off,” head coach Joel Quenneville said. Some scrambling plays [and] out-of-nothing plays turned into goals and some good-quality chances. [The] goaltending on our side was outstanding, and you know, I think they got rewarded because they sustained that effort all game long and we got a bounce at the end, and we got the power play, and things worked out.
"I think the reason we came back the other night, the kids did a great job of competing from start to finish, and I think that was noticeable and we got rewarded for it."
On Sunday, the Ducks announced another set of training camp roster moves, trimming their roster to 30 players (17 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders).
The Sharks come into tonight’s game 1-1-0 on the preseason after falling to the Golden Knights on Friday. Dmitry Orlov was responsible for the team’s sole goal in the game.
Tonight’s game will air on Victory+ / FOX Plus (Ch. 13).
Tonight's game is just another step toward getting the team ready for Opening Night and beyond. "Right now we're still looking at who is going to play with who, and trying to get better in all areas, whether it's faceoffs, power play, penalty killing, technically in all the zones," Quenneville said. "It's a work in progress every day."
For those attending tonight's game at Honda Center, the new parking structure off Katella Ave. will be open to the public for the first time as of 5 p.m. PT tonight. Click here for more parking information.
Mason McTavish will not be in the lineup tonight after the center signed a six-year contract on Saturday that will keep him in a Ducks sweater through 2030-31.
"He's one of the guys. He's good friends with all these kids, and a big part of the team," Quenneville said. "We're gonna need him to play valuable minutes. In all aspects he helps our team. I think everybody has been excited since it's happened, including him and including me. Just seeing him on the ice in practice, he does a lot of good things, and he's definitely going to make us better in a lot of ways."
Ducks goalie Lukas Dostal will also not suit up after it was announced this morning he is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
TONIGHT'S LINEUP
2 D Jackson LaCombe
7 D Radko Gudas
12 R Sam Colangelo
13 C Nikita Nesterenko
16 C Ryan Strome
17 L Alex Killorn
19 R Troy Terry
20 L Chris Kreider
33 G Ville Husso
34 G Petr Mrazek
42 C Tim Washe
45 R Beckett Sennecke
50 D Stian Solberg
51 D Olen Zellweger
60 D Tyson Hinds
61 L Cutter Gauthier
64 C Mikael Granlund
65 D Jacob Trouba
74 D Ian Moore
77 L Frank Vatrano
91 C Leo Carlsson
