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Ducks Trending Wrong Way After Hot Start

On Monday, the San Jose Sharks visit Anaheim, California, for a Pacific Division rematch at 10 p.m. EST, marking the second meeting this season.
San Jose Sharks enter as a young, offensively talented club with defensive lapses, and their Oct. 11 7-6 overtime game with Anaheim Ducks suggests Monday's matchup will be high-scoring.
Stat lines show San Jose scores more but concedes heavily, while Anaheim concedes 3.6 goals per game; the Sharks allow 131 goals, score 114 for a-17 differential, and average 3.4 goals, 5.7 assists, 6.2 penalty minutes.
Cutter Gauthier led Anaheim with two goals and has 18 goals and 18 assists this season, while Macklin Celebrini's six goals and 11 assists over 10 games and Tyler Toffoli's 10 goals and 15 assists strengthen San Jose's offense.
After an early surge, Anaheim's special-teams and defense have regressed, with the power play falling from ninth to 31st and surrendering the most five-on-five high-danger chances in the West.

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Ducks trending wrong way after hot start

For about 30 games, the Ducks were sporting a glossy “new and improved” sticker on their packaging. They went from seven consecutive sub-.500 seasons to, at one point, owning the second-best points percentage in the NHL. That was an even more drastic about-face than their opponent Monday, the San Jose Sharks, has made this season. “In the grand scheme of things, we’ve taken a huge step this year,” center Mason McTavish said. “That’s not our end …

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