Ducks at Flames preview

DUCKS (37-24-12) at FLAMES (35-29-10)
9:30 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, FS-W, NHL.TV

The Ducks, who have won three games in a row and are 10-4-1 in the past 15 games, trail the third-place Kings by one point and hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
The Flames, who have lost three games in a row (0-3-0) and are 3-7-1 in the past 11 games, are six points behind the Ducks for the second wild card.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf has 16 points (three goals, 13 assists) in the past nine games.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has nine points (three goals, six assists) in the past eight games.

They said it

"You try and put teams in the rear-view mirror if you can. When you have an opportunity to do it, it's always difficult. These guys will be scratching and clawing. It's going to be a tough challenge for us." -- Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler
"If we're going to have any chance we've got to get this one in regulation. We've got to be an all-in mentality tonight. I know we keep saying that, but every game that we lose it gets more desperate. This is a must for us."-- Flames defenseman Mark Giordano

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Jason Chimera -- Derek Grant -- Chris Kelly
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Marcus Pettersson -- Hampus Lindholm
Francois Beauchemin --
Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: JT Brown, Antoine Vermette, Andy Welinski
Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness), Kevin Bieksa (hand), Josh Manson (upper body)

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Mikael Backlund -- Troy Brouwer
Micheal Ferland -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Tanner Glass -- Matt Stajan -- Curtis Lazar
Dougie Hamilton -- Mark Giordano
Michael Stone -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak --
Rasmus Andersson
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Kris Versteeg, Nicholas Shore, Chris Stewart, Matt Bartkowski
Injured:Matthew Tkachuk (upper body), Marek Hrivik (upper body), TJ Brodie (upper body)

Status report

Chimera will play his 1,100th NHL game. He'll be the 187th player ever with that many. … Stajan will play his 1,000th NHL game. He'll be the 21st active player with that many.

Stat pack

Rakell has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in his past 10 games. Perry has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past 10 games. …Gibson is 11-3-1 with a 1.85 goals-against average and .940 save percentage in his past 15 games. … Monahan has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past seven games.