Kings fall in overtime. Rinse and repeat.

People talking about wanting to trade Troy Terry, who's at a point per game this season, on that other gab site are funny.

Ticket prices are too much everywhere but Ducks have made how much is being spent worth it. Another thriller tonight at Honda Center.

Alex Lyon is having an unreal third period that's kept the Sabres in the game, allowed them to come back and kept their lead over the Ducks in a thriller

Another home loss and another missed opportunity to capitalize on favorable results elsewhere. How are the Kings still in the playoff hunt? www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

Golden Knights lose. Kraken lose. Kings lose. Sharks lose. Could be a repeat of Thursday's results if Oilers lose to Lightning later. This isn't your grandfather's Pacific Division. (Ducks glad to be idle after winning in Utah).

Brandt Clarke being more untradeable for the Kings than Quinton Byfield isn't something that would have been said a couple years ago. Or ever, really. But that's what it feels like. Or is.

Big 4-1 road win for Ducks over Mammoth to extend their Pacific lead. Lukas Dostal (29 saves) only allows Dylan Guenther's goal 1:48 in. Anaheim also defended well and kill all three Utah power plays. Ryan Poehling (SH), Alex Killorn, Cutter Gauthier (EN), Mikael Granlund (EN) have the goals.

D.J. Smith said Adrian Kempe will take pre-game skate and is a game-time decision against Flyers tonight. Joel Armia won't play but appears possible to return Saturday against Sabres.

Ducks collect a point with another two-goal comeback but Flyers emerge with 3-2 OT win on a Noah Cates goal that held up through an offside review. Leo Carlsson's 6-on-5 score with 1:54 left nudges Anaheim into first alone in Pacific. Cutter Gauthier gets his team-leading 35th.

I mean, we all had a stare down between Jack Hughes and the Hockey Hall of Fame on this season's hockey bingo card, didn't we?

"It’ll be like a motivating game, but I think it’ll kind of be a cooler experience than anything else." Trevor Zegras makes his return to Anaheim, where his bond with Ducks fans was full of love. www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Ducks-Sharks game on April 1 in San Jose now getting the TNT treatment. 6 p.m. PT start. Not too, too late for you East Coasters.

Joel Quenneville called John Carlson a "horse" in his debut with the Ducks. Here's how they're already feeling great about their big deadline trade. www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Can the Ducks win the Pacific Division? Unpacking how their surprise season is happening. www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Q cont'd: "Hey, let's fight our way back into the lineup and push to get in there and be back to where you're expected to be. That's what we're looking for." (2/2)

Quenneville on McTavish scratch: "Sometimes you got to make hard decisions and sometimes change might be healthy for the player individually. You try different things along the way to give them an opportunity to go. (1/2)

Seeing Lukas Dostal getting carved up as a trending timeline on the old Twitter was some funny stuff tonight.

Perennial Cy Young candidate Chris Kreider won't be in the mix this year. He's got 21 assists to go with his 21 goals.

One minute into the second period at Centre Bell and Leo Carlsson is on hat trick watch.

John Carlson is making his Ducks debut after recovering from injury. That's been expected now as they've signaled the end of the trip for his first game. The bigger news is Mason McTavish being a healthy scratch tonight. It'll be seen as a shock and it is, but it's honestly been trending that way.

Bouncing to The Whispers' "And the Beat Goes On" to fight off some afternoon sluggishness and get stuff done. Works all the time. An eternal jam.

Macklin Celebrini has 35 goals and 94 points. The Sharks' second-leading scorer is Will Smith with 19 goals and 45 points. That is all.

The greatest King? Anze Kopitar builds on his L.A. legacy by becoming the Kings' all-time leading scorer as he breaks Hall of Fame franchise icon Marcel Dionne's 45-year-old record. www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

Joel Quenneville on the failed challenge for interference against Ville Husso and Thomas Chabot's shorthanded goal standing: "I disagreed with the call. We all felt that he made contact with him in the blue and he prevented him to do what he wanted to do to move across. That’s all."

Ville Husso gets the start for Ducks today. Looks like Frank Vatrano will be back in the lineup. Not seeing John Carlson in warm-up skate. And no Radko Gudas, of course.

Would say there is a healthy number of Ducks fans here at Canadian Tire Centre for today's matinee.

Five-game suspension for Radko Gudas. Will be eligible to return March 24 when the Ducks play in Vancouver.

Fantastic first period for Kings, who go up 3-0 after the opening 20 against the Islanders at UBS. Now they've got to keep control, but it feels like they're playing with renewed vigor under D.J. Smith.

Maple Leafs say that Auston Matthews is done for the rest of the regular season with MCL tear as a result of hit by Ducks captain Radko Gudas. Still no word on the supplementary discipline for Gudas. Wonder if Player Safety was waiting on extent of Matthews injury.

Sharks GM Mike Grier on forward Ty Dellandrea, who signed a two-year extension ($1.625M AAV): “Ty has been a consistent performer at both ends of the ice and a big part of our locker room and the culture we’re building." Was an effective bottom-six piece until a Jan. 6 injury derailed him.

Ducks encountered mechanical issues with their charter after last night's game in Toronto and had to take a bus to Ottawa. Four-hour (plus?) ride and basically arrived in wee hours of morning. Scheduled practice was shelved before tomorrow's matinee against the Senators.

Sharks get a big 4-2 win over Bruins. Now hold the WC2 spot and can keep it if Kraken loses (which they are to COL). A NSH win ties in points, but SJ has games in hand. Michael Misa, Tyler Toffoli, Collin Graf, William Eklund support Alex Nedeljkovic's swashbuckling 39-save effort.

Can confirm that Radko Gudas will receive a phone hearing for his knee-on-knee hit that injured Auston Matthews and knocked the Leafs star out of the game. www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...

It's 3-3 at Scotiabank Arena as the Leafs score twice on the power play to tie things up, the second one by John Tavares on the Gudas major.

As Craig Berube wished this morning, Auston Matthews snaps his 12-game goal drought with a PP goal that gets through Lukas Dostal.

Berube on Auston Matthews' 12-game goal drought: "He’s had some tough luck to be honest with you. ...It’s not every night but he gets a lot of opportunities. Whether it’s post, the goalie makes a save, there’s all sorts of things that probably play into it. Hopefully he can break out of it tonight."

Looks like a slight lineup change for Ducks tonight in Toronto as Drew Helleson could draw in for Olen Zellweger. John Carlson got in another hard skate and is aiming for his Anaheim debut this weekend, either in Ottawa or Montreal. Lukas Dostal will have the net vs. Leafs.

Instead of seeing what free agency could bring, Kiefer Sherwood got his life-changing contract with a long-term commitment to the Sharks. Now he wants to be part of their build to something special. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

As they chase down a playoff spot, Mammoth lock up potential UFA center Nick Schmaltz with eight-year, $8 million AAV extension. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

Just two games in the NHL tonight and neither involve Western Conference teams so the playoff race stays quiet for a night.

No dramatic comeback was required. No late heroics were necessary. In their resounding win over the Jets, the Ducks found the kind of game that could make them a postseason threat. From Winnipeg www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

An impressive 4-1 win for Ducks over Jets. Not necessarily in who they beat given Winnipeg's season but how they did it.

Still with 20 minutes left and you figure the Jets will make a push at some point, but Ducks have played probably their most ideal 40 minutes of season from a defensive and game management standpoint. Basically cutting Winnipeg off before it can generate anything offensively.

No stopping the Sabres wagon these days. Not the Sharks tonight, who fall 6-3 in Buffalo to start their road trip. Jack Quinn has a hat trick. Macklin Celebrini, Kiefer Sherwood and Alex Wennberg (PP) score for San Jose. Sabres were 11-14-4 on Dec. 8. Now 40-19-6.

And then just seconds later, Ryan Poehling gives Anaheim the 2-1 lead with a deflection in front. Gritty goals abound.

Gritty goal by Tim Washe pulls Ducks into a 1-1 tie not long after Morgan Barron's deflection broke the ice in the second period.

Ducks have their skating legs so far against Jets even though both teams aren't putting shots on goal in the first. Those legs weren't there Sunday against Blues.

Looks like John Carlson's debut with Anaheim will come either on Saturday in Ottawa or Sunday in Montreal at the end of the Ducks' road trip. Joel Quenneville: "He’s progressing. He said he's feeling better." Only lineup change tonight vs. Jets is Jansen Harkins drawing in for Frank Vatrano.

Tonight's notable West playoff race games: SJ at BUF, ANA at WPG, LA at BOS, VGK at DAL, UTA at MIN, EDM at COL, NSH at SEA. Big slate.