Ducks at Canucks preview

DUCKS (23-27-7) at CANUCKS (32-21-5)
5 p.m. ET; SNP, PRIME, NBCSCH NHL.TV

Vancouver, in first place in the Pacific Division, will play its third straight game without forward Brock Boeser, who is tied for third on the Canucks with 45 points (16 goals, 29 assists). Boeser has an upper-body injury; an update is expected early next week.
The Ducks had a season-high five-game point streak end with a 6-0 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. Anaheim is 1-1-2 its past four games.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Adam Henrique has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games.
Canucks forward J.T. Miller has 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in his past 14 games.

They said it

"I just need to bear down and put them in spots where the goalie can't save them. It's getting to the point where you see me creating them, but it doesn't mean anything if I don't score." -- Ducks forward Troy Terry, who had nine shots against Calgary but hasn't scored a goal in six games
"It's nice to be back on the ice with the guys. I don't have a timeline to returning, that's not my decision. It's just exciting to rejoin the team during such an important time of the year." -- Canucks forward Tyler Motte, who returned to practice Saturday after missing seven games with an upper-body injury

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Devin Shore
Max Jones -- Sam Steel -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Michael Del Zotto
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Brendan Guhle
Injured: Ondrej Kase (illness), Erik Gudbranson (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Bo Horvat -- Zack MacEwen
Tanner Pearson -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake Virtanen
Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Brandon Sutter
Justin Bailey -- Jay Beagle -- Loui Eriksson
Quinn Hughes -- Chris Tanev
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Jordie Benn -- Tyler Myers
Jacob Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Tim Schaller
Injured:Brock Boeser (upper body), Oscar Fantenberg (concussion), Tyler Motte (upper body), Josh Leivo (kneecap), Micheal Ferland (concussion symptoms), Tyler Graovac (lower body)

Status report

Deslauriers signed a two-year contract with the Ducks on Saturday. The 28-year-old has seven points (two goals, five assists) and a career high 80 penalty minutes in 45 games this season and could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. … Ferland, a forward who missed 42 of the past 44 games, was sent to Utica in the American Hockey League on a conditioning stint but left his first game there on Friday early because of a return of concussion symptoms.

Stat pack

Anaheim is 1-for-21 (4.8 percent) on the power play the past eight games. … Sutter has four points (two goals, two assists) in two games since moving to the third line and top power play after Boeser's injury. … Hughes has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past 11 games.