Ducks visit the Islanders after shootout victory
Anaheim Ducks (1-0-0, fifth in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Islanders (0-1-0, fifth in the Metropolitan Division)
Elmont, New York; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Islanders host the Anaheim Ducks after the Ducks defeated the Seattle Kraken 5-4 in overtime.
New York went 37-35-10 overall and 20-16-5 in home games a season ago. The Islanders scored 46 power-play goals last season on 208 chances for a 22.1% success rate.
Anaheim went 31-37-14 overall and 14-18-9 on the road last season. The Ducks had a 21.9% power play success rate last season, scoring 48 goals on 219 chances.
INJURIES: Islanders: Cal Clutterbuck: out (shoulder), Oliver Wahlstrom: day to day (upper body).
Ducks: Sam Carrick: out (hip), Urho Vaakanainen: out (undisclosed), John Moore: out (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.