Duck Tales: Back at it in a back-to-back

The Ducks are back at it tonight, continuing their road trip through Eastern Canada and facing the Toronto Maple Leafs — who have added a few pieces Ducks fans should be familiar with, as they previously played just down the road at Staples Center. Jack Campbell is expected to get the nod in net and Kyle Clifford will be in the lineup when the Ducks take the ice at Scotiabank Arena tonight.

After last night in Montreal went into overtime, the Ducks will need to stay alert, and perhaps more importantly, stay out of the penalty box. They played through five minor penalties last night and luckily only allowed one power play goal. But Toronto is much scarier. It’s better to not even give them the chance to begin with.

We’ll have all of your gameday coverage lined up later, but here’s news and notes from around the league to get you through this morning:

On the Pond

• Wheeler’s 2020 NHL prospect pool rankings: No. 6 Anaheim Ducks [The Athletic]
• Ducks’ Sam Steel driving force behind young second line [Los Angeles Daily News]
• Ducks ready to face new-look Leafs [Yahoo! Sports]

Around the League

• NHL Power Rankings: Who Are the True Contenders Ahead of the Trade Deadline? [Sports Illustrated]
• The cases for, against every top NHL MVP candidate [ESPN]
• N.H.L. Takeaways From January [The New York Times]
• Why the Buffalo Sabres are the NHL’s biggest disaster [ESPN]
• Parise’s road to 1,000 NHL games ‘not easy’ for Wild forward [NHL.com]
• NHL defends controversial call that negated potential game-winning goal for Blackhawks [Yahoo! Sports]
• Nine overage CHLers who could play their way into an NHL deal [The Hockey News]
• NHL Numbers: Hockeytown, we have a problem [The Hockey News]
• For the Alaska Heat high school hockey team, the player pool is geographically gigantic [Anchorage Daily News]

Scores & Recaps

• San Jose Sharks 6, Edmonton Oilers 3
• Anaheim Ducks 2, Montreal Canadiens 3 (OT)
• Los Angeles Kings 3, New York Islanders 5
• Vancouver Canucks 2, Minnesota Wild 4
• Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4
• Detroit Red Wings 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)
• Vegas Golden Knights 7, Florida Panthers 2
• New Jersey Devils 5, Philadelphia Flyers 0
• Colorado Avalanche 4, Ottawa Senators 1
• Winnipeg Jets 4, St. Louis Blues 2
• Nashville Predators 3, Calgary Flames 2
• Carolina Hurricanes 5, Arizona Coyotes 3

Click each team’s name to find a recap on their own SB Nation team site!

On the Schedule

• Anaheim Ducks at Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 PT/7 ET on SNO, PRIME
• Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, 4 PT/7 ET on ESPN+, TVAS, MSG, MSG-B
• Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets, 4 PT/7 ET on ESPN+, FS-O, FS-D
• Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars, 5:30 PT/8:30 ET on NHLN, FS-SW+, FS-N, FS-WI