Who is favoured, Anaheim Ducks or San Jose Sharks?

San Jose Sharks, at 52.5% in PuckCast's preseason forecast. That is a rating-based forecast; the full model read, with goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of puck drop.

What is a preseason forecast?

A win probability from each team's regressed preseason rating and home ice, the same ratings behind the 2026-27 projected standings. Those ratings are calibrated at the season level, for standings and playoff odds; this single-game percentage is a plain rating formula and has not been graded on its own yet. It is deliberately unsure about any single game, and the confidence grade says how far it leans.

When does the real prediction publish?

Inside the seven-day window before the game. The model re-scores it on every refresh until puck drop, with the confirmed starting goalies, and this page shows that read instead of the forecast.

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2026-27 forecast · Wed, Mar 24, 10:00 PM ET

Anaheim DucksANA

94 proj. pts · 53.3% playoffs

Lukas Dostal · 0.888 SV%

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San Jose SharksSJS

91 proj. pts · 45.4% playoffs

A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How the model works

The read

Preseason ratings · last season’s record

ANA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 51.0% of the expected goals to 47.0%; SJS's power play ran at 21.2% against a ANA kill at 75.6%.

In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Alex Nedeljkovic (SJS) saved -14.6 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.896 and 0.888.

None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction — confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market — publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. San Jose Sharks over Anaheim Ducks is where it starts, not where it ends.

In goal

goalie board

No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.

ANA

Lukas Dostal

SV%: 0.888
GSAx: -32.8
GAA: 3.10
Record: 30-20-4

56 games, 2025-26

SJS

Alex Nedeljkovic

SV%: 0.896
GSAx: -14.6
GAA: 2.87
Record: 18-14-4

40 games, 2025-26

ANA	Metric	SJS
51.0%	xGF% (5v5)	47.0%
52.4%	Shot share	46.5%
3.2	Goals for / game	3.0
3.5	Goals against / game	3.5
20.2%	Power play	21.2%
75.6%	Penalty kill	76.4%
47.8%	Faceoffs	47.8%

Who drives it

2026-27 projected points

Anaheim Ducks

Player	Pos	G	A	Pts
Cutter Gauthier	L	34	29	63
Leo Carlsson	C	25	34	60
Beckett Sennecke	R	21	34	55
Troy Terry	R	19	33	51

San Jose Sharks

Player	Pos	G	A	Pts
Macklin Celebrini	C	39	60	99

Last season, head to head

ledger

Date	Game	Pick	Score	Result
2026-04-09	SJS @ ANA	ANA	SJS 1–6 ANA	Correct
2026-04-01	ANA @ SJS	ANA	ANA 3–4 SJS	Missed
2025-12-29	SJS @ ANA	ANA	SJS 5–4 ANA	Missed
2025-10-11	ANA @ SJS	ANA	ANA 7–6 SJS	Correct

Season outlook

projected standings

Team	Proj. points	Playoff odds
Anaheim Ducks	94	53.3%
San Jose Sharks	91	45.4%