{"id":159445,"date":"2026-02-01T21:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159445\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T21:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:02:08","slug":"preview-ducks-return-home-eyeing-season-sweep-of-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159445\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: Ducks Return Home Eyeing Season Sweep of Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ducks (28-23-3) welcome the Golden Knights (25-15-14) to Honda Center as Anaheim returns home for two games before the Winter Olympic Break.<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is set for 6:30 p.m. PT and will be nationally televisedon ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ducks\/news\/ducks-team-up-with-hall-of-famer-selanne-for-custom-designed-vans-on-sale-sunday-february-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducks and Vans are debuting their third collaboration<\/a> with two limited-edition sneaker designs. Along with a Ducks-themed checkerboard slip-on celebrating Vans\u2019 60thanniversary, the collection also includes a special shoe custom-designed by Hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion Teemu Selanne.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes will go on sale beginning at 3 p.m. at the Honda Center North Entrance and a valid ticket to the game on Feb. 1 is required to purchase the shoes. Fans will be limited to two (2) pairs of shoes per transaction.<\/p>\n<p>After a five-game road trip, Anaheim returns home for tonight\u2019s contest against Vegas. The team went 3-2-0 on the trek but unfortunately is now on the outside of the Pacific Division standings with two consecutive losses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd of a long road trip, tie game going to third, one of those things where just a little mistake is the reason we end up losing the game,\u201d Alex Killorn said of the team\u2019s 2-0 loss to Vancouver on Thursday. \u201cWe just can\u2019t get shut out. We\u2019ve got to do a better job producing offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two potential boosts for Anaheim tonight could be the returns of Troy Terry and Mason McTavish, who have missed the last 11 and five games, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been frustrating,\u201d Terry said. \u201cJust annoying and frustrating, I would say. But it\u2019s been a process and I feel confident going into (Sunday), so I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vegas is currently 1-2-2 in its last five games with its most recent loss coming on Saturday to the Kraken (3-2). Jack Eichel\u2019s 63 points leads the team (19 goals, 44 assists) while Pavel Dorofeyev paces the club with 24 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Golden Knights leading the Pacific Division, the Ducks are 2-0 against them this season, with both wins coming in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have some high-end forwards, and they\u2019re just a good team,\u201d Terry said of the Golden Knights. \u201c(Can\u2019t give) them rush chances. I think we\u2019ve had success in their end. Establish the forecheck and just trying to do whatever we can to establish a ground game going down there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ducks (28-23-3) welcome the Golden Knights (25-15-14) to Honda Center as Anaheim returns home for two games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-159445","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\/159445","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=159445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}