Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nAnaheim Ducks News & Notes<\/p>\n
Leo Carlsson remains the centerpiece of Anaheim\u2019s rebuild three years after going second overall in the 2023 draft, behind only Connor Bedard. His game is regarded as more well-rounded than Bedard\u2019s, and he matched the Chicago center\u2019s offensive pace through the first leg of last season, drawing comparisons to Leon Draisaitl as a big, elite forward. Beckett Sennecke, the surprise third overall pick in 2024, is a big-bodied forward whose all-around game has made him one of the organization\u2019s more popular young pieces. <\/p>\n
The front office handled business on the blue line this week, signing Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension. Anaheim carries the league\u2019s #FlyTogether hashtag into an 84-game schedule that follows the close of preseason. <\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes<\/p>\n
Vegas reshaped its forward group over the summer. On June 26, the Golden Knights traded Pavel Dorofeyev to the New York Rangers, receiving a 2026 first-round pick originally belonging to Dallas, the 92nd overall selection and a top-10 protected 2028 pick. Dorofeyev was coming off a career-high 64 points in 82 games, plus 16 points in 22 playoff contests. Vegas later signed Victor Olofsson to help replace that production and hired Craig as head coach. <\/p>\n
The depth chart saw other changes. Goaltender Akira Schmid, who went 16-10-6 with a 2.59 goals-against average in 34 games for Vegas last season, signed a two-year deal with Florida in late July. Defenseman Lukas Cormier re-signed on a one-year, two-way contract worth $850,000 at the NHL level after posting 47 points in 49 games with Henderson. William Karlsson, who left Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final with an injury, agreed to a two-year, $13.5 million extension. <\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: A.J. Greer \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Cutter Gauthier<\/p>\n
Line 2: Alex Killorn \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Beckett Sennecke<\/p>\n
Line 3: Nikita Nesterenko \u2013 Ryan Poehling \u2013 Frank Vatrano<\/p>\n
Line 4: Jeff Malott \u2013 Tim Washe \u2013 Judd Caulfield<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Pavel Mintyukov \u2013 Travis Mitchell<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Tyson Hinds \u2013 Noah Warren<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Lukas Dostal \u2013 Ville Husso<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Beckett Sennecke \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Cutter Gauthier<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: A.J. Greer \u2013 Ryan Poehling \u2013 Alex Killorn \u2013 Tristan Luneau \u2013 Pavel Mintyukov<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Ryan Poehling \u2013 Alex Killorn \u2013 Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Pavel Mintyukov<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Tim Washe \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Noah Warren \u2013 Tyson Hinds<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Ivan Barbashev \u2013 Jack Eichel \u2013 Mark Stone<\/p>\n
Line 2: Brett Howden \u2013 William Karlsson \u2013 Mitch Marner<\/p>\n
Line 3: Trevor Connelly \u2013 Tomas Hertl \u2013 Victor Olofsson<\/p>\n
Line 4: Braeden Bowman \u2013 Nic Dowd \u2013 Marc Gatcomb<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Brayden McNabb \u2013 Shea Theodore<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Parker Wotherspoon \u2013 Rasmus Andersson<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Jeremy Lauzon \u2013 Noah Hanifin<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Carter Hart \u2013 Adin Hill<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Mark Stone \u2013 Tomas Hertl \u2013 Mitch Marner \u2013 Jack Eichel \u2013 Shea Theodore<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Braeden Bowman \u2013 William Karlsson \u2013 Trevor Connelly \u2013 Rasmus Andersson \u2013 Victor Olofsson<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: William Karlsson \u2013 Mitch Marner \u2013 Brayden McNabb \u2013 Shea Theodore<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Jack Eichel \u2013 Mark Stone \u2013 Jeremy Lauzon \u2013 Noah Hanifin<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Leo Carlsson \u2014 Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n
Carlsson led the Ducks with four shots last time out while picking up an assist in 17:41 of ice time, tied for the team high among forwards. With Troy Terry on injured reserve, Anaheim needs that workload from its center, and a shots-on-goal prop looks like the cleanest way to back him tonight.<\/p>\n
Trevor Connelly \u2014 Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n
Connelly fired four shots and scored in only 11:22 last game, the most attempts of any Golden Knight. Box Score Junkie has him at a 68.0% Corsi-for this season to date, with 89.7 shot attempts for per 60 and 0.8 high-danger xG generated \u2014 the best possession numbers on the roster despite the smallest minutes.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n
A.J. Greer (LW) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Friday, October 2<\/p>\n
Drew Helleson (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Wednesday, October 7<\/p>\n
Troy Terry (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Saturday, November 21<\/p>\n
Ian Moore (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Friday, October 16<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n
Raphael Lavoie (C) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Undisclosed, expected back Friday, October 2<\/p>\n
Lukas Cormier (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Tuesday, October 6<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks: host the Florida Panthers on Sunday, October 4.<\/p>\n
Vegas Golden Knights: visit the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, October 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks visit the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Friday, October 2, 2026, with puck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[188834,163,824,165,164,1720,401,2098,1716,2101,49724,404,16029,163320,48040,74039,8614,31688,29825],"class_list":["post-482682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-beckett-sennecke","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-leo-carlsson","tag-line-combinations","tag-lukas-cormier","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-t-mobile-arena","tag-trevor-connelly","tag-tristan-luneau","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-victor-olofsson","tag-william-karlsson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482682","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=482682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}