With the NHL’s holiday roster freeze in the rear view, the league’s hot stove is heating up. The March 7 trade deadline is still two months away, but several teams have reached make-or-break moments in their seasons and seem poised to shake up their rosters — we’re looking at you,

Following their 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers last night, the Ducks were back at Honda Center for today’s practice. In similar fashion to Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the Panthers, the Ducks faltered in the third period in last night’s result.

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Jacob Trouba: Trouba's nonchalance in his end contributed to the Panthers' third goal where he misread the opposing forecheck, turned the puck over to the F2, and screened Dostal on the ensuing shot from Carter Verhaeghe.

Week with the Florida Panthers kicks off tonight in Southern California against the Anaheim Ducks. The game is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. Of Florida’s four games out west this week, three will start at 10.

The Ducks will face the Florida Panthers again in the first home game of three before they head back on the road. The Ducks are coming off a 3-0 loss to the Panthers on Jan. 18. The Panthers have also not played since that 3-0 victory over the Ducks.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Spencer Knight will be back in net for the Florida Panthers when they play host to the Anaheim Ducks at 6 p.m. Knight replaced Sergei Bobrovsky in net during the second period of Thursday’s 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings and did not have much to do,

With the second half of the 2024-25 season in full swing, the Anaheim Ducks find themselves in the interesting position of not exactly contending for the playoffs but not wasting away their season in the Western Conference basement either.

Colangelo has earned a promotion by leading the AHL’s San Diego Gulls with 13 goals and 22 points in his 24 games. He’s been bumped up to a scoring line with Troy Terry out of the lineup, and while he scored his second NHL goal last week, he’s also been on the ice for nine goals against at even strength.

The Carolina Hurricanes will face the Anaheim Ducks (17-20-5) tonight for the first time this season. Carolina is coming off back-to-back wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks and will look to win three games in a row for the first time since November.

With recent wins over the Jets, Lightning, Devils and Oilers, Coach Greg Cronin says there are no more moral victories as they take on Winnipeg on Thursday.