PUCKNET / NHL

Ducks are 9-11-5 (23 points)

Third in Pacific Division

Seventh in Western Conference

G. Guy Hebert shuts out New Jersey

At Oilers, 6:30 tonight: Curtis Joseph explains to CBS Sportsline why his team has been a disappointment this season. “We don’t play the trap or anything. We play a hard forecheck, two men in.

https://cbs.sportsline.com/u/page/covers/hockey/nov97/gordon112697.htm

At Flames, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Michael Nylander, according to the Calgary Sun, is denying reports in Swedish newspapers that he is demanding to be traded.

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/nov25--hcal.html

At Maple Leafs, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: The Kings’ Ray Ferraro is being closely watched by Toronto, which is looking to make a deal for a second-line center to boost the offense. The Toronto Sun says Ferraro is “very much available.”

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/nov25--htor3.html

At Sabres, 4 p.m. Wednesday: Things are turning around for Dominik Hasek in Buffalo. Slam! Sports reports that fans are beginning to cheer him again rather than aim catcalls and trash at him.

https://www.canoe.ca/PuckMaster/nov24--puckmaster.html

The early buzz regarding the 1998 NHL entry draft has Vincent Lecavalier going as the top pick in the first round. Lecavalier, a 6-foot-3, 182-pound center from Ile-Bizard, Canada, plays for the Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He leads his team with 21 goals and 33 assists (54 points) in 26 games. Lecavalier, 17, is fifth in scoring in the league.

https://canoe2.canoe.ca/QMJHLStats/points.html

“The rivalry we have with them is like the rivalries they used to have in the Original Six. That’s a great way to play hockey . . . Go out there and go to war and throw the ice bags on afterwards.”

--Detroit’s Brendan Shanahan tells The Sporting News how much he enjoys playing Colorado.

https://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/teams/redwings/

Ducks on TV: Saturday (KCAL Channel 9); Tuesday (Fox Sports West 2)

Ducks on Radio: All games on KRLA-AM, (1110)