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Preview: Ducks Continue Playoff Chase, Visit Vancouver for Crucial Divisional Game

The Ducks visit Vancouver tonight for one of the season’s most critical games thus far, capping a road back-to-back against the Canucks at Rogers Arena. Six points separate Anaheim and Vancouver in the race for a Western Conference playoff bid.

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Anaheim kicked off the trip with a bounce-back performance, following up maybe the season’s most disappointing loss, 6-3 to Chicago on Saturday, with potentially it’s most impressive win last night in Edmonton. The Ducks fell behind 1-0 on a power-play goal by Leon Draisaitl, but would respond with four straight before the end of the first period – ultimately more than enough run support for Lukas Dostal between the pipes.

“I liked the way we played for all 60 minutes,” Dostal said. “We were putting pucks deep and we played simple hockey. That’s something we’ve tried to preach all season and it paid off [Tuesday]…We held the neutral zone well, which didn’t allow them to gain speed or odd-man rushes, which is the way they play. We were able to eliminate that…We blocked shots and played on our toes.”

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“We played a structured game the whole way,” added defenseman Jackson LaCombe, who recorded his first career three-assist game. “Our forwards did a great job working in the offensive zone…Dosty did a great job and our structure allowed us to not give up much.

With the win, Anaheim’s eighth in the last 11 games, the Ducks improved to 27-26-7 on the season and remained six points back of the final Western Conference Wild Card berth.

“We were actually upset with ourselves for the performance we had against Chicago, a sloppy game,” head coach Greg Cronin said. “I thought the first eight minutes [Tuesday] before [Leo Carlsson] scored we were on our heels, but I loved the way we responded after the first goal.

“We got into a rhythm and played the right way.”

The Ducks now head to British Columbia for a battle between two teams trying climb the playoff standings later, both narrowly on the outside of the bracket at the moment.

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“We’ve got to play the same way,” Dostal said. “Focus on simple hockey, play the same way we did in Edmonton and we can succeed that way.”

“Gotta play the same way,” LaCombe agreed. “We’re going to play a great team and we’re chasing them. Big game for us.”

Vancouver opens a five-game homestand tonight, looking to shake off consecutive losses to the Kraken and Ducks over the last week.

“[The Ducks] are a rush team,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said his team’s 5-2 defeat at Honda Center last Thursday. “We got the 2-0 [lead], a two-on-one and we didn’t connect that. I think we had a breakaway and a couple of missed opportunities. Then all of a sudden they had a rush game. We just decided to abandon the game plan. We just need some guys to rise to the occasion whether that is a middle drive to go the net, we had shots on net with nobody going to the net, so a little disappointed in the grit part of our game.”

Authors of two of the biggest trades of the NHL season thus far, the Canucks are still adjusting to life without star forward JT Miller – hoping to get top-line center Elias Pettersson going as the team’s go-to offensive weapon. Pettersson, who collected a combined 191 points across the last two NHL seasons, owns just 11 goals and 35 points in 54 games this year, and yesterday acknowledged the lack of production has been a challenge mentally.

“I think about it a lot,” Pettersson told media Tuesday. “To be honest, I haven’t been the way I want to be this year. I haven’t played to the expectations that I have for myself, [or] the franchise has on myself. I’ll be the first one to tell you, but that’s in the past. I just want to take these last 22 games, plus more, and hopefully play my best hockey. I wish we had more wins. I wish that I’d played a lot better. But can’t dwell on that, I’m trying to look ahead.”

Vancouver (27-22-11, 65 points) sits fifth in the Pacific Division, two points back of Calgary for the final Wild Card spot.

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Canucks vs Ducks Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight’s NHL Game

The Canucks have found a groove defensively on home ice, and they’ll keep Anaheim in line tonight in what will be a low-scoring affair.

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The Vancouver Canucks are two points out of the final Wild-Card spot in the Western Conference, and they host the surging Anaheim Ducks in a critical contest ahead of the NHL trade deadline at Rogers Arena on Wednesday, March 5.

While Anaheim just topped Vancouver 5-2 in The Golden State last Thursday, my Ducks vs. Canucks predictions and NHL picks expect there to be considerably fewer goals in tonight’s tilt north of the border.

My Canucks pick
Under 5.5 (-104 at Pinnacle)

My Canucks analysis
The Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks are two of the lowest-scoring clubs in the league, and it’s shown up in the betting trends, as well.

Vancouver has played to the Under in 49 of their last 92 games (+6.25 Units / 6% ROI), and Anaheim has gone Under the number in 47 of their last 81 games (+15.70 Units / 18% ROI).

Statistically, the numbers are also similar under the hood, with the Canucks generating the fourth-fewest expected goals per 60 minutes (2.24) at 5-on-5, and the Ducks ranking 10th (2.35).

Vancouver could also be without leading-scorer Quinn Hughes, who has been nursing an undisclosed injury and could only practice for 15 minutes Tuesday according to The Vancouver Sun.

It has become a repeated game-day refrain for Canucks captain Quinn Hughes. In dealing with his latest setback — a “tweak” Saturday in Seattle — the reigning Norris Trophy winner practised for 15 minutes Tuesday before leaving the ice.

If the Canucks have Hughes in the lineup tonight, I’m not anticipating him being at 100%.

Additionally, Anaheim is rolling along a sneaky-good run with an active 9-3-1 record while allowing just 2.69 goals per game. The Ducks have the fifth-highest team save percentage (.915) during the stretch, including a fourth-ranked .936 SV% at 5-on-5.

That’s unsustainable over the long haul, but as highlighted, Vancouver isn’t a prime candidate to kick-start the negative regression.

Finally, the Canucks have also been solid on home ice this season with the fifth-fewest expected goals against per 60 at 5-on-5 and a 12th-ranked 81.1 penalty-kill percentage, so Anaheim should also have trouble finding the back of the net in this back-to-back road spot.

There has been back-and-forth action to this moneyline at Pinnacle, and I’m not surprised. As highlighted, Anaheim is rolling and coming off a statement 6-2 road win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, and the Ducks just ran over Vancouver 5-2 at home.

As discussed, these two teams have trended to the Under, and their respective surface and underlying statistics reinforce why. Pinnacle opened this game with a 5.5 total, and I don’t anticipate it moving off that number.

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Teams
Moneyline
Total
Puck Line
Anaheim
+1300
o 4.5
-500
+1.5
-130
Vancouver
-186
u 5.5
+103
-1.0
-122
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Odds courtesy of Pinnacle

The Vancouver Canucks have played to the Under in 49 of their last 92 games (+6.25 Units / 6% ROI), and the Anaheim Ducks have gone Under the number in 47 of their last 81 games (+15.70 Units / 18% ROI). Find more NHL betting trends for Canucks vs. Ducks.

Vancouver Canucks
Player Position Status
Quinn Hughes D
Day To Day – Undisclosed
Reported: Wed, March 5
Noah Juulsen D
Out – Lower-body
Reported: Fri, February 28
Thatcher Demko G
Out – Lower-body
Reported: Sun, February 23
Anaheim Ducks
Player Position Status
Robby Fabbri C
Out – Upper Body
Reported: Thu, February 27
Brock McGinn LW
Out – ACL
Reported: Tue, January 21

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Location	Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
Date	Wednesday, 3-5-2025
Puck drop	10:30 p.m. ET
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2/25/2025	Sabres	0	0	0	19:18	Away	L 3-2
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