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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at Anaheim Ducks: game preview

Puck drop6 Dec · 8:00 PM ET
VenueHonda Center
All-time meetings41 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Ten points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. Anaheim finished 18th on 92, and the 2025-26 season series went ANA 3-0-0.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 42

Across 41 completed games, Anaheim lead the head-to-head 21-15-5.

All-time record21-15-5Anaheim's record in the series
Meetings played41This is number 42
2025-26 seriesANA 3-0-0
Last 54-1Anaheim
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
10 Mar 2026ANA 4 – WPG 135–13ANA 0/2 · WPG 0/3ANA
27 Feb 2026WPG 4 – ANA 5 OT33–40WPG 1/4 · ANA 1/2ANA
9 Nov 2025WPG 1 – ANA 424–21WPG 0/4 · ANA 2/4ANA
16 Apr 2025ANA 1 – WPG 2 OT31–44ANA 0/1 · WPG 0/4WPG
2 Jan 2025ANA 4 – WPG 3 OT24–30ANA 0/0 · WPG 0/2ANA
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegAnaheim
9 Nov 20259-6-0 · 18 pts12th11-3-1 · 23 pts2nd
27 Feb 202620-24-7 · 47 pts30th28-22-3 · 59 pts15th
10 Mar 202626-27-10 · 62 pts27th36-25-3 · 75 pts13th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 9 Nov 2025, Winnipeg were 12th in the league and Anaheim 2nd. By 10 Mar 2026 it was 27th and 13th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Winnipeg out-attempted Anaheim 322 to 299

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Winnipeg Jets

322 att · 144 on goal · 11 G · 7.6%
Crease24 att · 1 G
Slot126 att · 7 G
Wing110 att · 2 G
Point57 att · 1 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

Anaheim Ducks

299 att · 151 on goal · 18 G · 11.9%
Crease21 att · 2 G
Slot103 att · 8 G
Wing119 att · 5 G
Point44 att · 2 G
Neutral zone12 att · 1 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

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.

WinnipegAnaheim
3.37xG for per game2.19
3.37xG against per game3.49
50.0%xG share38.6%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals+2.6
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.0

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 2 for Anaheim. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings1/17 · 5.9%
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings17 (3.40/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings1

Anaheim

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.6% · 23rd
Power play · last 5 meetings3/9 · 33.3%
Penalty kill · 2026-2785.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 27th
Faceoffs · 2026-2743.9% · 50/114
Drawn · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings9 (1.80/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (3.50/gm)
PP goals · last meetings3

Skaters

Troy Terry has 5 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.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
91Leo Carlsson21452.50
61Cutter Gauthier22242.00
64Mikael Granlund21121.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
67Tristan Luneau20110.50
47Noah Warren20110.50
Defencemen stats

Troy Terry vs Winnipeg · game by game

See all: Troy Terry vs Winnipeg · game by game →
DateVenueGAPSOGTOI
9 Nov 2025home011118:51
16 Apr 2025away101417:52
2 Jan 2025away213317:07
Last 5 meetings5 P3 G, 2 A · 8 SOG
Next best5 PKyle Connor, WPG
2025-26 season57 P61 GP · 19 G
Blank vs WPG0 of 3A point in every meeting
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Goaltending

Connor Hellebuyck has started most of these meetings

Connor Hellebuyck played 4 of the last 5 meetings with Anaheim, with a .899 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 5 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 4 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

WPG · 23-23-11 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 3 Dec

SV% · 2025-26.89557 GP · 2.86 GAA
vs Anaheim.8994 app · 129 SA · 13 GA
GSAx · 2025-26+4.957 starts
vs ANAVenueSAGASV%
10 Mar 2026home343.912
27 Feb 2026away405.875
16 Apr 2025home311.968
2 Jan 2025home244.833

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Stuart Skinner .909 (2 GP) · Clay Stevenson .938 (1 GP)

Full game log

ANA · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 3 Dec

SV% · 2026-27.9182 GP · 2.42 GAA · 2025-26 .888
vs Winnipeg.9143 app · 70 SA · 6 GA
GSAx · 2026-27+2.02 starts · most on the roster
vs WPGVenueSAGASV%
10 Mar 2026away131.923
27 Feb 2026home334.879
9 Nov 2025home241.958
Full game log

Totals

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

10 Mar 20265 · ANA 4–1 WPG
27 Feb 20269 · WPG 4–5 ANA
9 Nov 20255 · WPG 1–4 ANA
16 Apr 20253 · ANA 1–2 WPG
2 Jan 20257 · ANA 4–3 WPG

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51

Goals 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.

Scoring rates suggest6.3Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.8Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Anaheim · injuries

Drew HellesonLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct
Ian MooreLower BodyIRReturn16 Oct
Troy TerryHipIRReturn21 Nov
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

1 Oct · ANA

Signed D Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.

30 Sep · ANA

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.

27 Sep · ANA

Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.

Injury report
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