Anaheim Ducks — Stats, Schedule & Insights

Team Snapshot

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Key Insight

The Ducks hold a playoff position despite a negative goal differential, creating an unsustainable profile where offensive production (10th in goals for) cannot compensate for defensive collapse (29th in goals against). Their recent form exposes the structural flaw: scoring has dropped 1.4 goals per game over the last five while goals against have spiked to 3.6, signaling the defense-first weakness is accelerating into a playoff-threatening crisis.

Strengths

Top-10 offensive production at 3.33 goals per game provides the scoring baseline necessary to compete in playoff-race games, giving the Ducks a legitimate path to victory if defensive issues can be contained even marginally.

Home record of 24-13-4 demonstrates the ability to control games in favorable matchups, banking 52 of 92 points at home and suggesting venue-dependent defensive competence that road performances do not replicate.

Third-period scoring of 97 goals (highest of any period) shows late-game offensive resilience and an ability to mount comebacks, though the -5 third-period goal differential reveals this strength is negated by equally poor defensive execution in closing minutes.

Risks

29th-ranked goals against at 3.51 per game is the primary playoff-elimination risk, outweighing all other factors combined by making every game a high-scoring coin flip where goaltending and defensive structure provide no safety net.

Goaltending collapse with Dostal's .870 save percentage removes the backstop necessary to survive defensive breakdowns, turning opponent grade-A chances into automatic goals and eliminating the Ducks' ability to steal points in games where they are outplayed.

26th-ranked penalty kill at 76.4% transforms opponent power plays into near-guaranteed scoring events, conceding 61 goals on 258 opportunities and making discipline lapses disproportionately costly in one-goal games that decide playoff positioning.

Recent form shows accelerating defensive deterioration with 3.6 goals conceded per game over the last five, indicating systemic issues are worsening under playoff pressure rather than stabilizing, projecting continued point loss in the final stretch unless immediate structural corrections occur.

Last 5 Record

2W–3L

Avg Scored (L5)

2.4↓1.4 vs prev 5

Avg Conceded (L5)

3.6

The last five games show catastrophic defensive regression: 2.4 goals scored against 3.6 conceded produces a -1.2 goal differential per game, worse than the season average and pointing toward declining rather than stabilizing form. The 2-3 record in this stretch reflects an inability to win low-scoring games or protect leads, with defensive structure collapsing under playoff-intensity pressure. This trend projects continued point hemorrhaging unless defensive systems or goaltending stabilize immediately.

Core Analytics

Core Performance

Offence

Ranking 10th in goals for at 3.33 per game provides genuine offensive capability, but the 22nd-ranked power play at 18.6% undermines their ability to capitalize on opponent mistakes and creates a scoring ceiling in tight games. The recent 1.4 goal-per-game scoring decline over the last five games indicates either drying shooting luck or opponent adjustments that the Ducks have not countered, making offensive consistency the secondary concern behind defensive hemorrhaging.

3.33Avg 3.08

12th in NHL

Defence

The 29th-ranked goals against rate at 3.51 per game represents a season-defining failure that has cost the Ducks a positive goal differential despite top-10 offensive output. The 26th-ranked penalty kill at 76.4% compounds defensive vulnerability, allowing 61 power play goals against in 258 opportunities and turning opponent advantages into high-percentage scoring events. Period-by-period data shows no safe haven: first period -16 goal differential, second period -5, third period -5, meaning the Ducks bleed goals across all game states without a defensive identity to stabilize leads or protect close games.

3.51Avg 3.08

28th in NHL

Special Teams

Top Players

Cutter Gauthier

Left Wing · #

PTS

Troy Terry

Right Wing · #

PTS

Goals Scored — Last 10 Games

Scoring has dropped noticeably over the last 5 games — a 1.4 goal/game decline vs the previous 5 aligns with the recent dip in results.

Goals For

Goals Against

1–5

VGK

May 14

2–3

VGK

May 12

4–3

VGK

May 10

Pattern: 2 of the last 5 losses have been by 3+ goals — suggesting difficulty recovering from early deficits rather than close, competitive games.