Anaheim @ Vancouver preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 13, 2019 ) Vancouver 0, Anaheim 1

The Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks continue to chase a Western Conference wild-card spot when they meet Monday in British Columbia. The clubs, though, will likely be sellers prior to Monday's trade deadline at noon PT with Vancouver losing to the Islanders 4-0 on Saturday for its third straight setback and Anaheim dropping 2-1 decisions at Calgary on Friday and Edmonton a night later.

"No one in this room's going to quit,'' Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom told reporters. "We've got to stay positive, keep pushing. We're going to get some wins." The Ducks are the lowest-scoring team in the league at 2.19 goals per game while taking the fewest shots (27.6) as their top goal scorer - Jakob Silfverberg with 16 - was tied for 100th in the NHL entering Sunday. "It's kind of one of those years," Anaheim general manager and interim coach Bob Murray, who fired Randy Carlyle on Feb. 10, told reporters. "It's kind of hard to keep pushing them, but if they keep working like this, they'll be rewarded in some way. If they keep working, they'll be fine." The Ducks won the first two of four meetings this season - each by one goal, including 1-0 on Feb. 13 behind 35 saves from Kevin Boyle in his second NHL game and first start.

TV: 10 p.m. ET, FS West (Anaheim), Sportsnet Pacific (Vancouver)

ABOUT THE DUCKS (24-29-9): Captain Ryan Getzlaf (team-high 39 points, which was tied for 108th in the league) missed the last two games with an upper-body injury while Carter Rowney (upper body) left Saturday's contest after scoring his fourth goal of the season and first since Jan. 4. Corey Perry has two of his 368 career goals along with two assists, and is a minus-8 in 11 games since returning from off-season knee surgery. Ryan Miller (6-3-1, 2.36 goals-against average, .929 save percentage) is expected to be in goal after Boyle made 19 saves Saturday, falling to 1-2-0, 1.66, .945.

ABOUT THE CANUCKS (26-28-8): Elias Pettersson paces the team - and all rookies by a wide margin - with 26 goals and 54 points but has been kept off the scoresheet in consecutive games for only the third time this season. Bo Horvat (46 points) and Brock Boeser (41) have scored 21 goals apiece with Horvat one shy of his career high set last season and Boeser on pace to surpass the 29 he scored in his rookie campaign of 2017-18. Alexander Edler (20 points, plus-3 in 38 games) returned to practice Saturday and could be in the lineup Monday for the first time since missing nine contests with a concussion.

OVERTIME

1. Vancouver is the only team that hasn't recorded a shutout this season.

2. Anaheim on Sunday traded D Brandon Montour to Buffalo for D prospect Brendan Guhle and a conditional first-round pick in June's draft.

3. The Canucks are 0-for-11 on the power play in the last three games while the Ducks are 8-for-8 on the penalty kill in their past four contests.

PREDICTION: Canucks 3, Ducks 2