Anaheim Ducks season snapshot

With the NHL pausing the 2019-20 regular season on March 12 due to the concerns surrounding the coronavirus, NHL.com is taking stock of each of the League's 31 teams.

Today, a snapshot of the Anaheim Ducks at the pause:

Anaheim Ducks

Record: 29-33-9, 67 points

Playoff position:11 points behind Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks for second wild card into Stanley Cup Playoffs from Western Conference

The Ducks were expected to be in rebuilding mode after entering the season with a new coach and a young roster. So it's no surprise that they likely will miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight season.

Dallas Eakins was hired as coach June 17 and guided the Ducks to three straight wins to begin the season and a 9-6-0 record in their first 15 games. However, they had eight wins in their next 31 games (8-18-5), mostly because of poor offensive production that has plagued them most of the season. The Ducks rank 29th in the NHL in goals per game (2.56). They have been shut out five times and have scored two goals or fewer in regulation 39 times in 71 games.

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Anaheim has three players with at least 42 points (forwards Adam Henrique, 43, and Rickard Rakell and Ryan Getzlaf, 42 each) and two with at least 21 goals (Henrique, 26; Jakob Silfverberg, 21). Rookies Sam Steel (22 points in 65 games) and Max Comtois (11 points in 29 games) have underperformed, as have second-year players Troy Terry (15 points in 47 games) and Max Jones (12 points in 59 games).

In addition to their lack of scoring depth, special teams have hurt the Ducks, who rank 30th in the NHL on the power play (14.7 percent) and 26th on the penalty kill (77.0 percent).

Their goaltending has been a bright spot. John Gibson (3.00 goals-against average, .904 save percentage) and Ryan Miller (3.10 GAA, .907 save percentage) have kept the low-scoring Ducks in almost every game.

Anaheim has played better recently with three wins in its past five games (3-1-1) and at least one point in seven of its past 10 games (5-3-2).

Breakout player

Sonny Milano:The forward has made an immediate impact in Anaheim since he was acquired in a trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 24 for forward Devin Shore. The 23-year-old, who has been playing on the top line with Getzlaf and Danton Heinen, has five points (two goals, three assists) in nine games. The two goals came in his Ducks debut, including in overtime in a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Feb. 25.

Statement win

Ducks 4, St. Louis Blues 1, Nov. 16: The Ducks faced a tough test playing the defending Stanley Cup champion Blues, who entered the game on a nine-game point streak (7-0-2). Getzlaf and Derek Grant gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead 5:41 into the game, and Grant scored twice more for his first NHL hat trick. Gibson made 37 saves for the win.

Most compelling game

Vegas Golden Knights 6, Ducks 5 (OT), Feb. 23: Although the Ducks were on the losing end, they came back from down 1-0, 3-2 and 5-3 to earn a point. With less than three minutes remaining in the third period, Henrique scored twice to tie the game 5-5 before Shea Theodore scored at 3:50 of overtime for the Golden Knights. Henrique and Nick Ritchie, who was traded to the Boston Bruins the next day for Heinen, each had two goals and two assists for Anaheim.