Takeaways from the Ducks 4-3 Overtime Loss to the Vancouver Canucks

To wrap up their 2025-26 home schedule, the Anaheim Ducks hosted the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday evening at Honda Center. This home closer had more weight behind it than any in the last eight years, as a win would clinch the Ducks a playoff spot for the first time since the 2017-18 season. The Ducks were coming off a get-right win on Thursday, as they defeated the San Jose Sharks 6-1 and snapped a six-game winless streak.

Anaheim Ducks Goaltender Lukas Dostal Nominated for King Clancy Memorial Trophy Takeaways from the Ducks 6-1 Win over the Sharks For Vancouver, this was their second game of a back-to-back, as they snapped their own four-game losing streak with a 4-3 shootout win against the Sharks on Saturday. The Ducks saw the return of two prominent pieces in their lineup, as Cutter Gauthier returned after missing the Ducks’ previous five games with an upper-body injury. Captain Radko Gudas also returned to the blueline after missing six of their last seven games.

Frank Vatrano, Olen Zellweger, and Drew Helleson served as healthy scratches in this one. Here’s how the Ducks lined up to start: Kreider-Carlsson-Terry Killorn-Granlund-Sennecke Viel-McTavish-Gauthier Washe-Poehling-Moore LaCombe-Trouba Mintyukov-Carlson Hinds-Gudas Lukas Dostal got the start for the Ducks in this game, setting a career high for games in a season with 55. He stopped 22 of 26 shots in this one.

In the Vancouver crease stood Nikita Tolopilo, who saved 24 of 27. Games Notes The Ducks got off to one of their better starts, dominating the shot count, manufacturing quality chances early, and getting out to a lead just three minutes in. Vancouver pushed back and got a goal off a net front battle and a power play goal to close out the first.