Preview: Ducks Shoot for Season-Long Point Streak Tonight in Seattle

The Ducks have hit the road for one of the season's final trips, tonight taking on the division rival Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena.
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Anaheim will begin a three-game trip to the Pacific Northwest looking for points in their sixth straight game, which would be the club's longest run of the season.
The Ducks capped a brief three-game homestand Friday with a 3-2 victory over Montreal, scoring twice on the power-play in the third period almost exactly four minutes apart to break a 1-1 tie.

"We didn't have any real passengers," head coach Dallas Eakins said. "I thouyght everybody was involved. Our power play came up big as well as our penalty kill."
Along with the five-game streak, the Ducks have earned points in 10 of their last 15 games overall (8-5-3) and own a 9-7-4 mark in their last 20 games.
Mason McTavish scored the first of those power-play goals, another one-timer hammered from the right faceoff circle. The rookie center has quickly become Anaheim's go-to option in that spot and leads the team with six power-play goals this season.
"He's had great improvement this year," Eakins said. "He comes in and works on his game. He's invested in his career. And obviously a huge goal for us on the power play…I can't tell you how many shots he's taken before practice from that spot, after practice from that spot. It is literally thousands and thousands, from his teammates passing pucks to our coaching staff. It is non-stop every day and that's how you get that's how you get better at things."

McTavish ranks second among NHL rookies in scoring (14-23=37), trailing only one of tonight's opponents - Seattle's Matty Beniers (19-26=45). McTavish, who is also tied for fourth in goals and fifth in assists among first-year NHLers, has 1-4=5 points in his last three games, a career-best point streak.
The 20-year-old is also third among Ducks team leaders in scoring this season.
"We try not to really think about the past couple of games, even if it's going good or bad," the ever-humble McTavish said. "Just taking it game by game, taking the approach of every day is a new day and an opportunity to get better. I thought, obviously, the power play [Friday] was great, but we can't really dwell on it too long. Be ready for a road trip."
Friday's win was also another step in the right direction for Anaheim defensively, as the Ducks allowed just two goals in regulation for the fifth straight game and limited the Habs to 28 shots on net.
"With the group back there, we really need to play a really, really simple game or real basic game," Eakins said. "The guys are invested in that at least early on here. We'll see if can continue it. The other thing is we were in a game with our weight class too. I think when you're in those kind of games, you show a little bit better. As we go on the road here and get some desperate teams, I hope we can continue that level of play."
The Ducks will make their second-ever visit to Climate Pledge Arena tonight, facing off with their newest division rival for the sixth time in their two-year history.
Anaheim kicked off the season with a dramatic 5-4 overtime win over Seattle on Opening Night at Honda Center, but the Kraken responded with a 5-4 victory in their November return to Orange County.

All told, the Ducks own a 3-2-0 record against the NHL's 32nd franchise, in part because Troy Terry has had Seattle's number throughout the brief series.
Terry's 10 points in those five games is tied for third-most all-time among Seattle opponents, behind only Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Terry had three points, including the game-winning goal, in the Opening Night win this season and also recorded a three-point night in his first trip to Seattle, back in Nov. 2021.
The Kraken enter play Tuesday riding their own four-game winning streak and now sitting just four points shy of the Pacific Division lead after a comeback win in Colorado Sunday.
"We're happy with the two points,"
Kraken coach Dave Hakstol told NHL.com's Ryan Boulding
. "We had to really stay with it, had to get a little bit better throughout the game. I got a ton of respect for [the Avalanche]. They're outstanding. They're playing on a back-to-back, so we had to find a way to take advantage of that, just in terms of overall energy as you go through the hockey game."
With one of the deepest lineups of any NHL club, the Kraken's 220 goals on the season are third in the Western Conference despite having only one 20-goal scorer on the roster.
Seattle (36-21-6, 78 points) sits third in the Pacific Division. The Ducks will return to Climate Pledge Arena for the finale of the four-game season series on Mar. 30.