Anaheim vs. San Jose Match Added to Week 2 Schedule for NHL Player Gaming Challenge presented by Honda

NEW YORK (May 6, 2020) – The NHL today announced that the Anaheim vs. San Jose match featuring Cam Fowler and Evander Kane has been added to Week 2 of the NHL Player Gaming Challenge™ presented by Honda. Match 5 featuring the Panthers’ Jonathan Huberdeau and Capitals’ Evgeny Kuznetsov – which originally was scheduled for Saturday, May 9 – now will air Thursday, May 7. All matches will be available on NHL platforms Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook Premiere. Content is also available here.

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 7 (5 p.m. ET)

MATCH 4 – ARIZONA COYOTES vs. BOSTON BRUINS

Clayton Keller & Conor Garland (ARI) vs. Jake DeBrusk & Charlie McAvoy (BOS)

Facts and head-to-head stats can be found here.

MOVED UP: MATCH 5 – FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) vs. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH)

Facts and head-to-head stats can be found here.

NEW: Saturday, May 9 (3 p.m. ET)

MATCH 6 – ANAHEIM DUCKS vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS 

Cam Fowler (ANA) vs. Evander Kane (SJS)

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ANAHEIM DUCKS vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS

Saturday, May 9, 3 p.m. ET

Where to Watch: Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook Premiere

Cam Fowler(ANA) vs. Evander Kane (SJS)

* Fowler, selected 12th overall in the 2010 NHL Draft, holds Ducks franchise marks for games played (679), goals (67), assists (234) and points (301) by a defenseman. He leads all blueliners from that draft class in games played, assists and points.

* In his lone season with the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL in 2009-10, Fowler won the league championship and Memorial Cup.

* Kane, skating in his 11th NHL season and third with the Sharks, leads the club with 26 goals and ranks second in points with 47 so far in 2019-20.

* Kane has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last five seasons – and six times overall in his NHL career – including a 30-goal campaign in his first full season with the Sharks (2018-19), matching a career high (he also had 30 goals in 2011-12 with Winnipeg).