Anaheim Ducks at Florida Panthers: game preview
AnaheimDucks2026-27: 2-0-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 43-33-6 · 92 pts · 18that
FloridaPanthers2026-27: 2-0-2 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 40-38-4 · 84 pts · 25thEight points apart last season
Anaheim finished last season 18th in the league on 92 points. Florida finished 25th on 84, and the 2025-26 season series went ANA 2-0-0.
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Meeting number 51
Across 50 completed games, Florida lead the head-to-head 27-16-6.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 28 Oct 2025, Anaheim were 16th in the league and Florida 19th. By 4 Oct it was 6th and 12th.
Florida out-attempted Anaheim 330 to 284
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Anaheim Ducks
Florida Panthers
Anaheim have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 2 games for Anaheim, 4 for Florida. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Anaheim, 10 for Florida.
2025-26: 87 games for Anaheim, 82 for Florida.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Anaheim
Small sampleFlorida
Small sampleCutter Gauthier has 8 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Cutter Gauthier vs Florida · game by game
See all: Cutter Gauthier vs Florida · game by game →Lukas Dostal has started most of these meetings
Lukas Dostal played 4 of the last 5 meetings with Florida, with a .895 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Lukas Dostal
See all: Lukas Dostal →ANA · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 17 Feb
Florida crease
FLA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 17 Feb
Scoring rates point to about 6.3 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51
Florida2.002.003.063.37Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
8 on the injury lists
Anaheim · injuries
Florida · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Signed D Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.
Reassigned C Roger McQueen and C Cruz Lucius to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Noah Warren, D Ian Mitchell and D Tristan Luneau from San Diego. Placed D Drew Helleson on injured reserve. Moved RW Troy Terry from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.
Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve. Called up D Alexander Petrovic from Charlotte (AHL).
Placed C Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve.
Placed RW/C Cole Schwindt, RD Alexander Petrovic, LD Donovan Sebrango, LW Kai Schwindt, LW Cole Reinhardt, RW Sam Lafferty and C/LW John Beecher on waivers. Agreed to terms with RW Nathan Bastian on a 1-year, two-way contract.
Anaheim · 2026 draft
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