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.

Waiting for Carlsson and cohorts in Edmonton, the man who marked the winning goal of the tournament in 4 nations, Connor McDavid, and a favorite from the short list list for each major price this season, Leon Draisaitl. Their 165 points combined to date are the most by two teammates in 2024-25. Defender Darnell Nurse should see his first action since February 25 after overcoming a minor injury.

Then, it will be in Vancouver, where the cannucks are part of a jockey on the crowded field for the latest joker spot which also includes the Ducks, the Blues St. Louis of Cam Fowler, the Utah HC and the current shelf holder, the Calgary flames.

Vancouver exchanged JT Miller and rumors also turned around Elias Pettersson. The goalkeeper of Star Thatcher Demko is back in the injured reserve. The defender of the whole world Quinn Hughes recently returned from an injury to face the two Socal franchises, but will be a decision of play on Wednesday. He collected three assists against the Ducks in a match on November 5, and in his career, he compiled 17 points on 15 games with the Ducks.