The state of the short-handed Ducks has come to this — sometimes they cannot even make it through pregame nap time, and teammates are accidentally dinging each other on the ice.
Defenseman Sami Vatanen seemed fine Thursday morning, the team said, but in the afternoon was ill and scratched from that night's game with flu. He did not travel with the team Friday, a team spokesman said, but could join them later.
During the game, right wing Jakob Silfverberg was felled by a dump-in shot to the hand by teammate Josh Manson and was wincing on the bench, but returned and is fine, the team said.