Ducks Gameday—Pacific Points

Dallas Stars (5-6-2, t-12th in west) at Anaheim Ducks (6-7-2, t-7th in west)

As this is Pacific Month, I thought I'd just show how all 5 Pacific teams have fared in division games since the emergence of the unbalanced schedule. I've shown results by opponent and by home & road.

1. Dallas Stars

Split	GP	Record	Pts	Pct.	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
vs. Phoenix	18	13–5–0	26	.722	57	45	18.0%	82.8%
vs. Anaheim	17	11–4–2	24	.706	42	39	17.9%	86.8%
vs. Los Angeles	18	11–6–1	23	.639	59	50	22.4%	82.7%
vs. San Jose	17	9–6–2	20	.588	41	46	19.4%	86.0%
Home	36	22–12–2	46	.639	100	94	17.7%	83.1%
Road	34	22–9–3	47	.691	99	86	21.6%	85.8%
Total	70	44–21–5	93	.664	199	180	19.5%	84.5%

2. Anaheim Ducks

Split	GP	Record	Pts	Pct.	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
vs.Phoenix	18	14–3–1	29	.806	61	36	26.0%	90.6%
vs. Los Angeles	18	10–4–4	24	.667	60	49	29.7%	80.9%
vs. San Jose	16	9–5–2	20	.625	52	44	18.5%	80.9%
vs. Dallas	17	6–8–3	15	.441	39	42	13.2%	82.1%
Home	34	21–8–5	47	.691	120	86	24.4%	82.4%
Road	35	18–12–5	41	.586	92	85	19.7%	84.7%
Total	69	39–20–10	88	.638	212	171	22.0%	83.6%

3. San Jose Sharks

Split	GP	Record	Pts	Pct.	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
vs. Los Angeles	18	13–5–0	26	.722	67	47	25.5%	82.7%
vs. Dallas	17	8–5–4	20	.588	46	41	14.0%	80.6%
vs. Phoenix	16	8–6–2	18	.563	49	49	19.3%	80.8%
vs. Anaheim	16	7–8–1	15	.469	44	52	19.1%	81.5%
Home	33	15–13–5	35	.530	101	93	18.9%	83.0%
Road	34	21–11–2	44	.647	105	96	20.4%	79.9%
Total	67	36–24–7	79	.590	206	189	19.6%	81.4%

4. Los Angeles Kings

Split	GP	Record	Pts	Pct.	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
vs. Anaheim	18	8–7–3	19	.528	49	60	19.1%	70.3%
vs. Phoenix	16	7–7–2	16	.500	46	50	19.6%	76.7%
vs. Dallas	18	7–9–2	16	.444	50	59	17.3%	77.6%
vs. San Jose	18	5–12–1	11	.306	47	67	17.3%	74.5%
Home	35	16–15–4	36	.514	92	109	17.7%	74.3%
Road	35	11–20–4	26	.371	100	127	19.1%	75.4%
Total	70	27–35–8	62	.443	192	236	18.4%	74.9%

5. Phoenix Coyotes

Split	GP	Record	Pts	Pct.	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
vs. Los Angeles	16	9–6–1	19	.594	50	46	23.3%	80.4%
vs. San Jose	16	8–7–1	17	.531	49	49	19.2%	80.7%
vs. Dallas	18	5–9–4	14	.389	45	57	17.2%	82.0%
vs. Anaheim	18	4–13–1	9	.250	36	61	9.4%	74.0%
Home	34	14–15–5	33	.485	95	99	16.2%	78.7%
Road	34	12–20–2	26	.382	85	114	17.9%	79.9%
Total	68	26–35–7	59	.434	180	213	17.0%	79.3%

I'll probably provide an updated look at this before March, the next divisional play month.

Anyways, the top two teams in this Pacific battle go at it tonight, with Modano destined to set some sort of history tonight. Then later this week the Ducks can also allow JR's 500th goal, and heck, maybe they'll make SportsCenter. Prediction: Ducks 4, Stars 2. Goals by Perry, Marchant, Pahlsson, and McDonald.

Go Ducks.