Four games since his return, the Ducks' skilled forward is blending new defensive impact and old offensive brilliance

Zegras returns to the lineup after missing 22 games with a knee injury, but Florida beats the Ducks for the second time in four days, 5-3, handing them their seventh loss in eight games.

Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers beat the Ducks 5-2 on Tuesday night at Honda Center. Trevor Zegras returned to the lineup after missing 22 games because of surgery to repair torn meniscus in his right knee.

The futility of the Ducks’ power play was again on display in Florida, where the Panthers’ leading scorer Sam Reinhart was given a game misconduct and a major penalty for kneeing Isac Lundeström. The Ducks’ inability to finish with the five-minute man advantage –– or at all ––was on prominent display once more.

Ducks forward Trevor Zegras shoots the puck as Florida Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola (77) and defenseman Nate Schmidt watch during the third period on Tuesday night at Honda Center. It was ...

ANAHEIM — The Ducks went toe-to-toe with the defending champions through two periods on Tuesday night, but they were tucked away summarily in the third as the Florida Panthers prevailed ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Trevor Zegras was back in action for the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, taking shifts for the first time in nearly seven weeks. The omnipresent question that follows the playmaking forward is how much longer he will play for them.

Anaheim Ducks centre Trevor Zegras is expected to return to the ice Tuesday against the Florida Panthers after recovering from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.

Trevor Zegras hasn't played a game for the Anaheim Ducks since December 4, but that should be changing on Tuesday night.

The Ducks are currently dead-last in the league in goals scored (123) and goals-per-game (2.47). They sit middle of the pack in goals against, but most of that has been due to stellar goaltending from John Gibson and Lukáš Dostál, who are both top-5 in GSAx per 60. Dostál is third in GSAx (17.0) while Gibson is sixth (14.0).

The Anaheim Ducks have built up quite the wealth of young talent over the past several years, and while they're largely still waiting for their efforts to bear

McTavish is capable of more, but they’ve got to put him in the best position to have success. The Ducks do mete out ice time among their forwards more evenly than other teams and while McTavish is averaging 16:24, that ranks seventh.