To begin their three-game Western Canada road trip, the Anaheim Ducks traveled to British Columbia to take on the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday evening.
The Ducks were coming off a 6-3 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, hoping to return to a .500 record, and looking to avenge an overtime loss to Vancouver a week ago in which the Ducks surrendered a three-goal lead of their own late in the game.
The Canucks entered on a three-game losing streak and were trying to earn just their fourth win of the year.
Prior to Tuesday's game, the Ducks placed forward AJ Greer on IR after sustaining an upper-body injury late in Sunday's game against the Sens. His roster spot was filled by prospect Nico Myatovic, who made his NHL debut and was inserted into the lineup in Greer's spot alongside Tim Washe and Sam Colangelo on the listed third line.
The rest of the lineup remained unchanged for the Ducks. Here's how they lined up to start this one:
Killorn-Carlsson-Caulfield
Gauthier-Granlund-Sennecke
Myatovic-Washe-Colangelo
Malott-McQueen-Nesterenko
Lacombe-Helleson
Mitchell-Luneau
Mintyukov-Warren
Laurent Brossoit got the start for the Ducks in net and saved 19 of the 23 shots he fac...