IRVINE — Troy Terry joined some elite company with a second-period goal Monday, his 30th of the season. Only nine other players in Ducks history have scored 30 or more in a season, led by that Teemu Selanne fellow. Selanne’s team record of 52 might be out of reach this season for Terry.

After all, there are only 17 games remaining.

Comparisons to Selanne are unfair. He was, and ever shall be, the Finnish Flash.

Terry is still proving his worth to the Ducks and to the NHL.

“Who knows if I’m going to hit 30 every year?” Terry said Tuesday. “I am excited. I am in the day to day, but it makes me excited for down the road. I feel confident I can maintain this level, whether I can hit 30 goals or whatever it is, but just the way I’ve been playing, I feel like I can maintain that.”

Consistency had been difficult for Terry to master until this season. One bad shift, one bad period, one bad game would snowball into two or three and, soon enough, he was in a slump and his overall game suffered. He said he’s learned to overcome failure and disappointment.

Terry, 24, has taken a giant leap in his career. Last season, his first full season, he set career highs with seven goals and 13 assists in 48 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign. There was nothing to suggest a breakout season was in the works.

Or was there?

“If you would have told me 30 before the year, I would have taken that in a heartbeat,” Terry said. “I feel like I was playing this way last year, but without having the confidence to score. I feel I came into this year and found it again and built on it, and built on it with more confidence.

“It’s hard to score in this league. I’m not going to be upset if I don’t hit a certain number each year. But, for me, what I’ve learned is the numbers come when I just focus on how I play and play the right way. I feel that’s what I’m more proud of than the 30 goals, just trying to stay with that all year.

“And I feel like I’ve done that.”

TOP SEASONS

Selanne (high of 52 goals), Paul Kariya (50), Corey Perry (50), Bobby Ryan (35), Andy McDonald (34), Rickard Rakell (34), Petr Sykora (34), Ryan Getzlaf (31), Sergei Fedorov (31) and Terry (30) are the only Ducks with 30 goals or more in a season. Selanne had 40 or more five times.

WAITING GAME

The Ducks’ wait continued for a resolution to a dispute over an NHL-approved trade with the Vegas Golden Knights for Evegenii Dadonov, whose no-trade paperwork reportedly was filed correctly before a deadline last summer but was somehow overlooked by the league Monday.

Dadonov’s 10-team no-trade list included the Ducks. It’s possible the trade, in which the Ducks sent John Moore and Ryan Kesler’s contract to Vegas in exchange for Dadonov and a second-round draft pick in either 2023 or ‘24, could be voided by the league. All concerned were in limbo Tuesday.

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Meanwhile, Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said he expected newly acquired centers Zach Aston-Reese and Dominik Simon to arrive Tuesday afternoon, to skate with their new teammates Wednesday morning and perhaps make their debuts later that evening against the Chicago Blackhawks.

HELLESON SIGNS

Drew Helleson, a 20-year-old defenseman acquired last week in a trade that sent defenseman Josh Manson to the Colorado Avalanche, signed with the San Diego Gulls of the AHL on an amateur tryout. His three-season, $2.775-million entry-level contract doesn’t begin until next season.

Chicago at Ducks

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Honda Center

TV: TNT