The Anaheim Ducks are expected to welcome back their captain this evening. According to Derek Lee of The Hockey News, the Ducks will activate defenseman Radko Gudas tonight, and he’ll be in the lineup against the Utah Mammoth.
The 2025-26 NHL season is just over a month old, which means we now have a large enough sample size to start making more educated predictions on player and team accolades. Here are five leading candidates for the Hart Trophy.
Welcome back to another edition of NHL Predictions. Each day, our writers here at Last Word On Hockey look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out.
The Anaheim Ducks need a return to home ice to be the tonic for their struggles. Anaheim is back in action on Monday and hosting the Utah Mammoth while in the throes of a three-game losing skid, with the latest a 2-0 road loss at the hands of the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.
Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson has been one of the breakout stories of this young NHL season. The 2023 No. 2 overall pick has broken out to not only meet the expectations that come with such high draft capital, but exceed them.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
It’s been a revival on Katella Avenue, as the Anaheim Ducks are off to a hot start this season. Significantly, their play has garnered the attention of the Team Sweden coach.
The Anaheim Ducks are one of the stories of the hockey season so far as we approach American Thanksgiving. Despite dropping their past two games, they sit in first place in the Pacific Division with a record of 11-5-1.
The Anaheim Ducks are one of the best teams in the NHL early on this year. They have hit the ground running with their young core of Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, and Mason McTavish.
The Anaheim Ducks announced they’ve reassigned winger Sam Colangelo to AHL San Diego. They’re now left with an open roster spot after activating Ryan Strome from injured reserve earlier in the week.
The Anaheim Ducks will be getting more reinforcements, as center Ryan Strome will be making his season debut on Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings.
The Anaheim Ducks have been one of the pleasant surprises through the first month and a bit of the season. After coming up well short of a playoff spot for the past several years, they enter play Wednesday sitting atop the Pacific Division.
The Vegas Golden Knights have recalled right-winger Braeden Bowman from the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights. This is the first call-up of Bowman’s professional career.
The Anaheim Ducks have a record of 11-3-1 (23 points) and sit atop the Pacific Division for the first time since 2021. They’ve won seven straight games, and they look like one of the best teams in the league.
Don’t look now, but the Anaheim Ducks are taking the NHL by storm. They have won seven straight games and lead the Pacific Division with 23 points. When you examine the NHL statistics, you’ll see that Leo Carlsson is tied for second in scoring with 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points in 15 games.
It’s been several years since the Anaheim Ducks have last played beyond the 82nd game of the regular season. In fact, they have one of the lengthier current postseason droughts in the NHL, having last brought postseason hockey to Honda Center in southern California in the spring of 2017.
The Anaheim Ducks were supposed to be a fun young team this season — promising, energetic, but still a year or two away from real contention. Instead, they’ve become one of the NHL’s biggest surprises.
Welcome back to another edition of NHL Predictions. Each day, our writers here at Last Word on Hockey look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Somehow the Anaheim Ducks have morphed from perennial rebuild into bona-fide threat, and the rising tide of the 2025-26 season is beginning to float this franchise in ways that would’ve seemed optimistic not long ago.
Don’t look now. But the Anaheim Ducks have something special brewing in southern California to open their 2025-26 season. The Ducks woke up on Monday morning in second place in the NHL after completing a weekend sweep of the Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets.
The Anaheim Ducks entered the 2025–26 NHL season projected to scrap for a wild-card spot. A month later, they sit first in the NHL’s Pacific Division at 11-3-1, riding a six-game winning streak and ranking second in the league by points percentage.
Jacob Trouba scored with 31.5 seconds left in overtime to lead the Anaheim Ducks to their sixth straight victory, 4-3, over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Anaheim Ducks are off to a start few expected — and even fewer are ignoring. After 13 games, the team sits at 9-3-1, riding a five-game winning streak that includes victories over Florida, Detroit, New Jersey, Florida again, and Dallas.
Thanks to a seven-year playoff drought entering this season the Anaheim Ducks have not really been on the NHL's league-wide radar lately. They should be now.
The Anaheim Ducks are having a terrific start to their season. With consistent wins and a streak slowly building, this team is bringing the energy to the ice.