The Anaheim Ducks entered the 2025–26 NHL season projected to scrap for a wild-card spot. A month later, they sit first in the NHL’s Pacific Division at 11-3-1, riding a six-game winning streak and ranking second in the league by points percentage.

Quenneville, 67, hoisted the Cup with Colorado in 1996, eight years before center Leo Carlsson was born. Today, their fates are intertwined, with the Ducks putting their seven-game surge on the line against the NHL’s No. 1 team by points percentage, which has lost in regulation just once this year.

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche seek to extend a three-game win streak with a victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Colorado has a 4-0-2 record in home games and a 10-1-5 record overall. The Avalanche lead the league with 64 total goals (averaging 4.0 per game).

NHL connection: The Anaheim Ducks were called the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim upon their founding in 1993 by the Walt Disney Company, the same company that put out the movie. (The team was sold in 2005 to current owners Henry and Susan Samueli and became the Anaheim Ducks).

It's been an unbelievable start for the Anaheim Ducks, who are scoring more goals than any other NHL team in 2025-26.

The Anaheim Ducks visit the Vegas Golden Knights after Chris Kreider scored two goals in the Ducks' 7-5 win against the Dallas Stars

There could be lineup changes abound for the Ducks in their second game of a back-to-back (SEGABABA). Quenneville said before Saturday’s game that Ryan Strome, who has yet to make his season debut due to an upper-body injury he suffered during preseason, is “very close to consideration to playing.”