Brief

Ducks get Eaves from Dallas for draft pick

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks acquired veteran forward Patrick Eaves from the Dallas Stars on Friday in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

Eaves has a career-high 21 goals and 16 assists in 59 games this season for the Stars.

His 37 points also are already a career-high in his 12 NHL seasons, and he is fourth in the NHL with 11 power-play goals.

Anaheim is in need of goalscoring threats and veteran tenacity, particularly while Antoine Vermette is under a 10-game suspension. Eaves fills several obvious needs in Anaheim: His 21 goals are more than every Anaheim player this season except Rickard Rakell, while his 37 points match Jakob Silfverberg for the fourth-most on the Ducks’ roster.

The Ducks’ power play is in a 2-for-32 slump over the past month, and Eaves has been one of the NHL’s most consistent producers with the man advantage.