A team that will be forever linked to the Florida Panthers is in town this weekend. Florida will welcome the Anaheim Ducks to Sunrise on Saturday night in a matchup of expansion brothers. All the way back in 1993, the Panthers and Ducks entered the NHL together as two brand new teams in non-traditional hockey markets.

The Anaheim Ducks neared the end of their six-game road trip on Thursday with a matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Ducks were coming off of one of their poorest offensive performances of the 2024-25 season on Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to the Washington Capitals.

Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

TAMPA, Fla. — Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Thursday night. Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay during regulation while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 34 saves and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout.