Twenty-four hours after they were routed by Dallas, the Ducks get a go-ahead goal from Pavel Mintyukov with 3:29 left in the third period and hold on for a 4-3 win.

Columbus earned an overtime win Tuesday vs. Anaheim and takes on the Ducks again tonight in Southern California

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Ryan Poehling, Beckett Sennecke, and Mikael Granlund scored for the Ducks, who have dropped four of their past five games (1-3-1). Lukas Dostal allowed four goals on seven shots before being replaced by Petr Mrazek, who made 14 saves.

The Ducks (20-13-2) hope to get back to their winning ways as they take on the Blue Jackets (14-14-6) for the second time in less than a week. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. PT and will air on Victory+ and KCOP-13. Anaheim fell to Dallas, 8-3, last night and has dropped four of its last five.

The Columbus Blue Jackets did not take advantage of a big scoring night for defenseman Zach Werenski, falling 5-2 to the Minnesota Wild on Dec. 18.

We have plenty of hockey action on Thursday night with 10 NHL games on the docket. My best bets for tonight are targeting a road favorite, a high-scoring game i