Anaheim visits Ottawa after Zegras' 2-goal game

Fri, Jan 28, 2022
NHL News (AP)

Anaheim Ducks (22-16-8, second in the Pacific) vs. Ottawa Senators (13-20-4, seventh in the Atlantic)

Ottawa, Ontario; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Anaheim visits the Ottawa Senators after Trevor Zegras scored two goals in the Ducks' 5-4 victory over the Canadiens.

The Senators are 6-10-1 at home. Ottawa averages 10.1 penalty minutes per game, the third-most in the Eastern Conference. Brady Tkachuk leads the team serving 66 total minutes.

The Ducks have gone 9-9-4 away from home. Anaheim ranks 10th in the Western Conference averaging 4.9 assists per game, led by Ryan Getzlaf with 0.6.

Anaheim took down Ottawa 4-0 in the last meeting between these teams on Nov. 26.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Norris leads the Senators with 18 goals, adding eight assists and totaling 26 points. Alex Formenton has four goals and seven assists over the last 10 games for Ottawa.

Troy Terry leads the Ducks with 24 goals and has 40 points. Zegras has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Anaheim.

LAST 10 GAMES: Senators: 4-3-3, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.2 assists, 3.8 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .917 save percentage.

Ducks: 4-5-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes while allowing three goals per game with a .915 save percentage.

INJURIES: Senators: Erik Brannstrom: out (health and safety protocols), Dillon Heatherington: out (health protocols), Josh Norris: day to day (upper body), Nikita Zaitsev: out (heel).

Ducks: Ryan Getzlaf: day to day (upper body), Sonny Milano: day to day (upper body), Nicolas Deslauriers: day to day (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.