The Ducks (24-21-3) welcome the Rangers (21-22-6) to Honda Center before Anaheim hits the road for a five-game road trip.<\/p>\n
Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. PT and will air on Victory+ and KCOP-13.<\/p>\n
The Ducks notched their third win in a row (3-0-0) on Saturday beating the Kings, 2-1, in overtime. Anaheim closed this season\u2019s Freeway Faceoff taking three-of-four against L.Awhere each of those wins was clinched in overtime or shootouts.<\/p>\n
After going through some adversity this season, head coach Joel Quenneville knows how important it is to take what\u2019s been working in these three wins and utilize it towards tonight\u2019s game against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s gotta be our mindset, continue building on that standard that we play with,\u201d Quenneville said. \u201cHow well we play without the puck is important and let\u2019s be hard to play against, playing that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beckett Sennecke extended his point streak to five games courtesy of an assist vs the Kings. He now has 38 points on the season (15 goals, 23 points) which is good for second among all rookies, three points behind Canadiens right winger Ivan Demidov (41).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a good attitude about the game,\u201d Quenneville said of his 19-year-old rookie. \u201cLikes the game, wants to play more \u2026 He\u2019s got a nice future, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
These two teams last met in mid-December with the Ducks beating the Rangers, 4-1. New York comes into this game off a 6-3 win over the Flyers. When they travel this season, the Rangers are 16-9-2 with an 86\u201373 goal differential.<\/p>\n
Jacob Trouba, who was traded to Anaheim from New York last season, discussed how his current team can find success against his now foe, drawing on both what worked the last time they played, and what\u2019s been effective during this three-game winning streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast game they scored a lot of goals [and] Mika\u2019s (Zibanejad) been hot which is good to see,\u201d Trouba said of the Rangers. \u201cI think staying consistent with our game and simplicity and what made us successful the last couple (games) is what we\u2019ll stick to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Artemi Panarin leads the team in assists (36) and points (54) while Zibanejad paces the club in goals (21). Zibanejad has recorded a point in eight-straight games, tied for the third-longest active streak in the league. He\u2019s also coming off a game where he set the franchise record for the most power play goals in team history.<\/p>\n
According to Quenneville, former Ranger Chris Kreider will return to Anaheim\u2019s lineup and Lukas Dostal will get the start for the home team this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ducks (24-21-3) welcome the Rangers (21-22-6) to Honda Center before Anaheim hits the road for a five-game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-140629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}