After a promising start to the season, the Ducks have fallen back towards the basement of the league and are now in danger of losing their ninth straight game.
Avoiding that ninth loss won't come easy on Saturday, as the Ducks welcome the Colorado Avalanche into Honda Center.
The last time these two faced off, the Avalanche laid an 8-2 beat down on the Ducks which started this losing streak.
The Ducks are coming off a high-scoring, 5-4 loss against the Washington Capitals on Thursday, and they'll need to carry that offense over into Saturday's game.
However, surrendering five goals to one of the league's lowest scoring teams Thursday is a big concern.
Cale Makar poses an even bigger threat than usual on Saturday, as he's been one of the hottest players in hockey recently.
He's posted 19 points in his last 10 games, passing Quinn Hughes for most point by a defensemen this season.
Projected Anaheim Ducks Lines:
Forwards:
Alex Killorn - Leo Carlsson - Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano - Mason McTavish - Ryan Strome
Max Jones -Adam Henrique - Jakub Silfverberg
Ross Johnston - Sam Carrick - Brett Leason
Defense:
Jackson LaCombe - Cam Fowler
Pavel Mintyukov - Ilya Lyubushki
Urho Vaakanainen - Radko Gudas
Goalies:
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Projected Colorado Avalanche Lines:
Forwards:
Valeri Nichushkin — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Jonathan Drouin — Ryan Johansen — Tomas Tatar
Miles Wood — Ross Colton — Logan O’Connor
Andrew Cogliano — Fredrik Olofsson — Joel Kiviranta
Defense:
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Bowen Byram — Josh Manson
Jack Johnson — Caleb Jones
Goalies:
Alexandar Georgiev
Ivan Prosvetov