After a dull game in the loss, Ducks heads to Canada to face the Oilers, the Canucks – The County Register of Orange

After a severe reminder that no NHL team can be taken lightly, the Ducks will face some of the best clubs in the league last season when they go to Edmonton on Tuesday before going to Vancouver on Wednesday.

They were presented by the modest and United Chicago Blackhawks and their third grain line – its members combined for seven points during the 6-3 of Saturday victory, going to 33 points in their last 10 games – in a more adjusted effort in last year valleys than recent peaks.

The Ducks then face the Oilers, which arrived in a victory for the Stanley Cup last season, and the Canucks, which were the most improved team of 2023-24, but now find themselves fighting for their life in the playoffs in a campaign praised with upheavals. This year, the Ducks divided the series of the season with the two opponents.

Going out a split, not only with these two Western Canadian franchises, but with a field of 32 teams that left the ducks precisely to a percentage of 0,500 points, can depend on the game of special teams.

The Ducks have only scored 20 power, the second less NHL, while making 44, the fourth more goals granted on the penalty. This differential -24 is more than twice as large as the gap between the goals of five on and against the Ducks for and against.

“The power game was a challenge. The penalty killer has his sequences, then he goes a bit laterally, “said coach Greg Cronin. “If we can clean this – you think of the objectives of five against five, we are close enough to be equal, but it is in special teams where we can get a real advantage.”

The Ducks converted on two chances of electric play at the start of Buffalo to close their last road trip, including a goal from Leo Carlsson, but collapsed in the third period under the weight of a third match in four nights after the first two went to overtime. Although they could not maintain their verve in this case, it was part of a section which saw Carlsson accumulate nine points in eight games, including two goals against Chicago during the defeat on Saturday.

“You know, it doesn’t feel good at the moment (after a loss), but that’s something I can take with me. I also felt more confident after the break (4 nations) too, “said Carlsson, who represented Sweden during the event.

Cronin stressed that Carlsson moves her legs more and cutting more in the third in the middle of the ice. Carlsson calmly adjusted a chaotic sequence and covered a lift at close range for his first goal, then transported the washer through three areas before stopping for a precise shot just above the right front point.

“It is there that he will score his goals, in this inner circle there,” said Cronin.