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				<title><![CDATA[Sharks-Ducks Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JEFF MEZYDLO
STATS Senior Writer

San Jose (15-5-4) at Anaheim (7-10-3), 10:00 p.m. EDT

A stop home helped the San Jose Sharks end a brief rough patch.
A visit to Anaheim might help them avoid a third straight loss
on the road.

The Sharks look for a fourth consecutive road win over the Ducks
when the teams at opposite ends of the Western Conference
standings meet Saturday night.

After losing the final two games of a 1-1-1 road swing, San Jose
(15-5-4) broke out for a 6-3 home win over Philadelphia on
Friday.

Dany Heatley had a hat trick and Joe Thornton matched his
franchise record with four assists for the Sharks, whose 34
points are the most in the NHL.

"Just moving the puck, skating and creating chances," said
Heatley, who has a league-leading 17 goals.

San Jose now returns to the road for one game. The Sharks
suffered a pair of 4-3 losses to Nashville and Chicago in their
last two road contests to fall to 8-5-2 away from home.

Though the Ducks (7-10-3) have won three in a row at home
overall, San Jose has won three straight regular-season games at
Anaheim, including 4-1 on Oct. 3. That was the teams' first
meeting since Anaheim beat San Jose in six games during the
first round of last spring's conference playoffs.

This season, though, the Sharks own the best record in the
league while the Ducks' 17 points are the fewest in the West.

"It's going to be a big test for us, a divisional rival and one
of the hottest team in the league," Anaheim defenseman James
Wisniewski told the Ducks' official Web site.

Not many players are hotter than Heatley, who's scored six goals
in his last five games. He had two assists against the Ducks
last month, and has six in his last three contests versus
Anaheim.

Thornton, meanwhile, recorded his 600th career assist Friday and
leads the NHL with 24 in 2009-10. He had a goal and an assist
against Anaheim in October.

San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves Friday to improve to
13-3-4 with a 2.20 goals-against average. Nabokov, who is
22-16-3 with a 2.25 GAA against the Ducks, could be back in net
since backup Thomas Greiss made his fourth start in the loss at
Nashville on Tuesday.

Coming off an 0-3-1 road trip, Anaheim avoided a fifth straight
loss with a 4-3 overtime win over Tampa Bay on Thursday.

Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne each had a goal with two assists,
and Corey Perry extended his career-high point streak to 13
games with two assists. The Ducks have won four of their last
five home games.

"The win is important," said captain Scott Niedermayer, who
scored the winner. "To get back into that column and start
building the wins is important for us."

Getzlaf has two goals and five assists in his last three games.
He's recorded six assists his last three times facing the
Sharks.

Anaheim's Jonas Hiller made 21 saves Thursday to improve to
7-7-1 with a 3.02 GAA. He's only 1-6-0 with a 2.47 GAA against
San Jose, leaving open the possibility that Jean-Sebastien
Giguere could get the start in net.

Giguere is 0-3-2 with a 3.38 GAA on the season, but 15-13-2 with
a 2.70 GAA lifetime against San Jose.

The Ducks could have forward Saku Koivu back after he missed the
last five games with a lower-body injury. The former Montreal
captain has two goals and six assists in his first season with
Anaheim.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Niedermayer's OT goal lifts Ducks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- After blowing a three-goal lead, the
Anaheim Ducks needed someone to come to the rescue.

Captain Scott Niedermayer came through when it counted most,
scoring a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime to give the
Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday
night.

Niedermayer scored his 13th career OT goal, an NHL record for
defenseman, to snap the Ducks' four-game losing streak.

"The last one was a big-time shot by a big-time player," coach
Randy Carlyle said. "The guy that made the play was Corey Perry
in front of the net with a screen."

Perry didn't get an assist on Niedermayer's 38th career winning
goal, but did extend his career-best point streak to 13 games
with a power-play goal and two assists. Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu
Selanne also had a goal and two assists each for the Ducks in
the opener of a seven-game homestand that will go a long way in
determining if Anaheim can salvage a playoff spot after a 6-10-3
start.

"We stuck with it, kept working and got rewarded for it,"
Niedermayer said. "The win is important. It eluded us on the
road trip. To get back into that column and start building the
wins is important for us."

Ryan Malone was sent off for cross-checking Getzlaf just 11
seconds into overtime, and Niedermayer got a drop pass from
Getzlaf in the high slot before snapping off a 45-footer that
beat Mike Smith high to the glove side.

Jeff Halpern, Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis scored for the
Lightning, and Malone and Steve Downie each had two assists.

Anaheim's Todd Marchant got a tripping penalty with a second
left in the second period after upending Halpern, and St. Louis
cashed in 1:38 after the intermission on a power play for the
equalizer. He got the puck at the left point from Downie, moved
laterally with it and took a slap shot that whizzed past Petteri
Nokelainen and beat a screened Jonas Hiller to the glove side.

Ryan gave the Ducks a 3-0 lead at 6:52 of the second period,
scoring on a wrist shot to the glove side after Joffrey Lupul
barely kept the puck from sliding back over the Tampa Bay blue
line. Ryan's ninth of the season came after David Hale cut him
with a high stick and received a double-minor.

"Down 3-0 on the road and you get a point, that's pretty good,"
St. Louis said.

Just 49 seconds after Ryan scored, it was suddenly 3-2 as the
Lightning struck twice in a span of 18 seconds. Downie had the
puck behind the net and was tripped from behind by Sheldon
Brookbank, but still managed to throw it out in front and
Halpern converted the pass for his second goal of the season.

"When a team's down 3-0, they're going to push hard,"
Niedermayer said. "I think just made a couple of mistakes where
we jumped behind the net and created openings, and they got
their first two goals that way."

Stamkos added his 14th of the season, taking a swipe at the puck
while falling down and tipping it past Hiller's glove after he
was stopped on a one-timer from about 10 feet. At that point,
Carlyle burned his only timeout to settle his club.

"We showed some resiliency," Ryan said. "In the past, we would
have let those three goals really go to our heart and that would
have been a time of self-destruction for us. But tonight we
pulled together and grinded out the two points."

Smith received an interference penalty at 4:22 of the first
period after he tried to play the puck behind the net, lost it
on a poke-check by Perry and then pinned him against the boards.
The Ducks opened the scoring just 3 seconds after Alex Tanguay
finished serving Smith's penalty, with Selanne converting
Getzlaf's pass through the crease for his 11th goal and 590th of
his career.

Getzlaf made it 2-0 at 18:12 of the first.

"We moved the puck effectively and found the open man," Carlyle
said. "We didn't panic with it in the zone, and we seemed to be
under a lot of control with it."

NOTES: Anaheim D James Wisniewski, playing in his 200th NHL
game, left the ice for good with a bruised right foot after
blocking a shot by Paul Szczechura before the midway point of
the first period. ... Stamkos has three goals in his last seven
games, following a six-game goal streak in which he scored eight
times. ... Ducks C MacGregor Sharp made his NHL debut.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lightning-Ducks Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By TOM CASTRO
STATS Senior Editor

Tampa Bay (8-4-6) at Anaheim (6-10-3), 10:00 p.m. EDT

The Tampa Bay Lightning got right back on the winning track
after a loss in their previous game. They will try to continue
their surge when they face the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, losers of
four in a row.

Continuing a four-game road trip, the Lightning look to extend
their point streak to seven games Thursday night as they take on
the Ducks for the first time this season.

Tampa Bay (8-4-6) had won two in a row before suffering a 2-1
shootout loss to Los Angeles on Saturday. The Lightning bounced
back behind Vincent Lecavalier, who had two goals and an assist
in a 4-1 victory over Phoenix on Monday night.

Lecavalier had gone eight games with only one goal, but broke
out as his team won for the fourth time in six games (4-0-2).

"They weren't beautiful goals at all, just shots on net going
in," said Lecavalier, who has four goals on the season. "They've
been tough to get this year."

Alex Tanguay added a goal and two assists and Martin St. Louis
also scored for the Lightning, who got 30 saves from backup Mike
Smith.

"We're getting some pretty good goaltending on this hockey
club," coach Rick Tocchet said. "Good goaltending makes anything
look better."

Tocchet starting Smith gave a night off to the red-hot Antero
Niittymaki, who is likely to be back in net Thursday.
Niittymaki, 5-1-3 with a 1.93 goals-against average, has never
faced Anaheim.

He will take on a sinking Ducks club that lost 5-2 to Pittsburgh
on Monday to wrap up a winless four-game trip. Anaheim (6-10-3),
owner of the worst record in the Western Conference, was coming
off a 7-4 defeat to Detroit on Saturday in which it allowed five
goals in the third period.

Coach Randy Carlyle held a team meeting after the game Monday.

"I've been on teams like this before and it's never easy,"
forward Todd Marchant said. "It's almost seems like there's
never light at the end of the tunnel, but there is. There is
time, time to turn this around. We have the personnel, we have
the talent, we have the work ethic, we have the character in
this room to do it."

Ryan Getzlaf saw his 11-game point streak end, but Corey Perry
stretched his to 12 by assisting on Marchant's goal in the first
period.

Tanguay has three goals and five assists in his last six games.

The Ducks are opening a season high-tying seven-game homestand.
The Lightning visit Carolina on Saturday before concluding their
trip Sunday in Atlanta.

Anaheim had won three straight in the series before Tampa Bay
took the latest matchup, 4-3 on Jan. 9 at Honda Center.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:29 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Guerin's goal, fight help Pens past Ducks 5-2]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH(AP) -- Bill Guerin still has some goals left in him at
age 39. What's surprising is he has a few left jabs and right
hooks, too.

Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play
goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored
short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless
four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday night.

Guerin, playing in his 1,206th NHL game, missed by an assist of
having the so-called Gordie Howe hat trick - a goal, an assist
and a fight. He fought in the third period with Ryan Getzlaf,
who is 15 years younger, trading several punches before Guerin
put the Ducks' alternate captain on his back to earn one of the
night's loudest ovations from the sellout crowd of 17,052.

"He got the hard part of the Gordie Howe," coach Dan Bylsma
said. "The parts he got, it was great to see the edge from his
game and the shot ... one he's put in numerous times in his
career. When he's at his best he's playing with an edge, and you
saw that."

Guerin's fifth goal came 5:13 into the first period and halted a
streak of 30 consecutive unsuccessful Penguins power plays that
began Oct. 30 in Columbus. With Pittsburgh ahead 1-0 on Matt
Cooke's backhander from a slot 91 seconds into the game, Guerin
beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere on a one-timer from the top of the
right circle, with Sidney Crosby assisting.

"We still definitely have some work (on the power play), but it
was good to finally get one," Guerin said.

Guerin has scored in successive games after going 11 in a row
without a goal.

"I'm handling the ups and downs better as you get older," he
said. "When you're younger, you feel like the world is crashing
in on you because you haven't scored in few games. You learn how
to roll with it, as long as team's winning."

The Ducks aren't. They looked weary and off their game early on,
failing to get a shot until Pittsburgh led 2-0 and taking the
game's first three penalties. They were coming off a 7-4 loss in
Detroit on Saturday in which they allowed five goals in the
third period, and this one wasn't much better.

Coach Randy Carlyle wasn't happy, holding a team meeting shortly
after the Ducks (6-10-3) left the ice.

"I've been on teams like this before and it's never easy," Todd
Marchant said. "It's almost seems like there's never light at
the end of the tunnel, but there is. There is time, time to turn
this around. We have the personnel, we have the talent, we have
the work ethic, we have the character in this room to do it."

The Ducks also lost at New Jersey and Columbus (shootout) during
their road trip and have dropped 10 of 13.

"We were playing some good teams, and the mistakes we made, we
paid for in every game," Scott Niedermayer said.

Marchant gave Anaheim a lift by scoring short-handed midway
through the first period after Evgeni Malkin gave the puck away,
but the Ducks couldn't solve Marc-Andre Fleury again until Teemu
Selanne scored his 10th late in the third.

Staal answered Marchant's goal by taking Deryk Engelland's lead
pass and beating Giguere high to the sick side about 4 minutes
into the second, his ninth career short-handed goal. Staal
scored an NHL rookie-record seven short-handed goals in 2006-07,
but had one in the two-plus seasons since - on Jan. 10 at
Colorado. He also scored short-handed in Game 2 of the Stanley
Cup finals in Detroit.

With seven Penguins players injured and out, Engelland was one
of five first-year players on the ice for Pittsburgh, which is
currently missing four of its top six defensemen.

Martin Skoula, playing more with all those defensemen injured,
scored his with Pittsburgh early in the third, with rookie
defenseman Ben Lovejay getting an assist for his second career
point. Cooke added his second of the game into an empty net with
13 seconds remaining, with Staal assisting.

NOTES: Getzlaf's 11-game scoring streak ended. Corey Perry
stretched his to 12 by assisting on Marchant's goal. ... Fleury
made 23 saves. ... D Nate Guenin, who grew up in suburban
Pittsburgh, made his Penguins' debut; he played 12 games with
Philadelphia earlier in his career.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ducks-Penguins Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By BRETT HUSTON
STATS Writer

Anaheim (6-9-3) at Pittsburgh (13-7-0), 7:30 p.m. EDT

The Pittsburgh Penguins had scored one goal in their last 11
periods before Evgeni Malkin's return gave them a big boost in
their latest game, and they're hoping that high-scoring
performance wasn't an aberration.

The Anaheim Ducks are hoping the last period they played was.

Malkin and the Penguins will try to build on their six-goal
effort Monday night against Anaheim, which will be trying to
erase the image of letting up five third-period goals to last
season's other Stanley Cup finalist.

Pittsburgh (13-7-0) has suffered through a rash of key injuries
in recent weeks, losing Sergei Gonchar, Tyler Kennedy, Kris
Letang, Brooks Orpik and Chris Kunitz in addition to the
already-sidelined Max Talbot, still out following offseason
shoulder surgery.

Perhaps the most significant loss, though, came when Malkin
decided to sit for two weeks at the end of October to rest his
ailing right shoulder. The Penguins went 2-5-0 without the
2008-09 points leader in the lineup, totaling 11 goals and going
0 for 26 on the power play.

Pittsburgh went 0 for 3 with the man advantage in Malkin's
return Saturday against Boston, but the reigning Conn Smythe
Trophy winner made a difference 5-on-5. Malkin assisted on three
goals, including Bill Guerin's game-tying score with 0.4 seconds
left, and Pascal Dupuis' second goal of the game gave the
Penguins a 6-5 overtime win.

"We were missing Geno," Dupuis said. "He played great for us.
Obviously, it was a big boost for us for him to come back. He
played well. It looked like he didn't miss a shift."

Coach Dan Bylsma put Malkin on a line with captain Sidney
Crosby, a move he typically saves for end-of-game situations.
Crosby had a goal and two assists, with his three points
matching his total from the previous seven games.

"I know we get the message when we're together," Crosby said.
"We know we have to create things. It's hard for them to key on
one of us when we're together. Geno did a great job."

The last time the Penguins won before Saturday was in Anaheim on
Nov. 3, when Dupuis' third-period goal lifted Pittsburgh to a
4-3 victory.

The Ducks (6-9-3) won their next two before embarking on a
four-game trip, but they've been unable to find a victory on the
road. A night after falling 3-2 in a shootout at Columbus,
Anaheim let up five third-period goals in a 7-4 loss at Detroit
on Saturday.

"We got ourselves back up with them a few times but they kept
bumping back up," captain Scott Niedermayer said.

Anaheim scored three goals itself in the third period, including
Ryan Getzlaf's second of the season. Despite Getzlaf's struggles
to score, he's still setting up others. He also had three
assists on Saturday to extend his points streak to 11 games,
during which he has 19 points - 17 assists.

Linemate Corey Perry has nine goals and five assists in his last
nine games.

While Getzlaf has been producing, the Ducks are hurting for
depth at center without Ryan Carter and Saku Koivu. Carter has
missed the past two games after taking a shot off his skate at
practice Thursday, and Koivu has missed all three games during
the road trip with a lower-body injury.

If the Penguins are to break their 0-for-29 slump on the power
play, Monday may be the time to do it. Anaheim is 29th in the
league in penalty kills, allowing opponents to convert 26.7
percent of the time.

The Ducks are 2-7-0 with two ties all-time in Pittsburgh.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Zetterberg hat trick leads Red Wings past Ducks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[DETROIT(AP) -- Henrik Zetterberg and the Detroit Red Wings finally
found a way to shake off the rallying Anaheim Ducks.

Zetterberg had three goals and two assists in the Red Wings' 7-4
victory on Saturday night. The game featured eight goals in a
seesaw third period. Anaheim tied the game three times and the
Red Wings regained the lead three times.

"It was pretty crazy back and forth," said Zetterberg, who
scored all his goals in the third period for his fourth NHL hat
trick. "Too much back and forth. But we won the game. That was
most important."

It was the first meeting between the teams since Detroit beat
Anaheim in a seven-game, second-round playoff series in the
spring.

Dan Cleary added a goal and two assists, and Brian Rafalski had
a goal and an assist for Detroit. Pavel Datsyuk and Darren Helm
also scored, and Jimmy Howard made 19 saves.

"I thought we could have wore that team out. We didn't do that,"
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "We let them back in the
game. In the end we found a way to score enough goals to win."

Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and three assists, Corey Perry had a
goal and an assist, and Bobby Ryan and Joffrey Lupul also scored
for Anaheim. Jonas Hiller made 30 saves.

"We got ourselves back up with them a few times but they kept
bumping back up," Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer said.

Zetterberg put Detroit ahead for good with 4:31 left, netting
his second of the game. He beat Hiller with a one-timed slap
shot from the right faceoff dot.

"He kind of took over," Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall said.
"He's been playing really strong for us of late and he had some
chances early. He stuck with it and he really came through when
we needed him the most."

Zetterberg's winning goal came seconds after Anaheim's Teemu
Selanne hit the crossbar at the other end.

Helm added a goal with 2:15 left, and Zetterberg capped his hat
trick with an empty-netter, his eighth goal this season.

"That's why they're a great team year in and year out," Lupul
said. "They know how to win those tough games."

The Ducks capitalized on a turnover by defenseman Jonathan
Ericsson to make it 2-1 at 8:12 into in the second period.
Ericsson's pass from behind the net was intercepted by Getzlaf
at the goal line. He then set up Perry in the slot for his 13th
goal.

Two power-play goals gave Detroit a 2-0 lead after the first
period.

Cleary opened the scoring with 6:28 left in the frame. He
deflected in a shot out of the air with the shaft of his stick
after Kronwall's drive from the point went off Anaheim
defenseman James Wisniewski. It was Cleary's fourth goal.

Rafalski scored with 44 seconds left in the period on a
one-timed slap shot from the high slot, off Niedermayer's stick,
for his second goal.

NOTES: Detroit G Chris Osgood and LW Kirk Maltby both missed
their second game because of the flu. ... Anaheim C Saku Koivu
missed his third game with a groin strain. C Ryan Carter sat out
a second game with a bruised foot. ... Red Wings captain Nicklas
Lidstrom received a gift from the NHL in a pregame ceremony for
reaching 1,000 points. ... Wisniewski is from the Detroit suburb
of Canton and played junior hockey with the Plymouth Whalers,
who are based in suburban Detroit. ... Perry (9-7-16) and
Getzlaf (2-17-19) each extended their point streaks to 11 games.
Getzlaf stretched his franchise-record assist streak to 10 games
(17 assists).]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ducks-Red Wings Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

Anaheim (6-8-3) at Detroit (9-5-3), 7:00 p.m. EDT

The Detroit Red Wings were embroiled in a tough playoff series
with the Anaheim Ducks last spring and needed a clutch goal on
home ice to win Game 7 and avoid getting upset.

Six months later, the Red Wings are showing they can still be a
force in the Western Conference, while the Ducks are floundering
at the bottom of the Pacific Division.

Detroit looks to continue its home dominance of Anaheim on
Saturday night when the teams meet for the first time this
season.

The Red Wings (9-5-3) lost in seven games to Pittsburgh in the
Stanley Cup finals last June after winning it the previous year.

One of the teams second-seeded Detroit eliminated to reach the
finals was eighth-seeded Anaheim (6-8-3) and it took a bitter
semifinals series stretched to its maximum to determine the
winner.

That series included five games that were decided by one goal
with Dan Cleary's score with 3 minutes to play in Game 7
securing a 4-3 win and a third consecutive trip to the
conference finals for the Red Wings.

Detroit struggled at the start of this season, going 3-4-2
before turning things around with a 6-1-1 stretch after beating
Vancouver 3-1 on Thursday. That came a night after a 9-1 victory
at Columbus, a Central rival along with Chicago which is
challenging the Wings' run of eight consecutive division titles.

"We aren't winning games in the same fashion that we used to,
that's pretty obvious," coach Mike Babcock said. "But we are
finding ways to grind games out and that's what we have to do."

A visit by the Ducks could help the Red Wings continue their
strong play. They're 24-3-0 with three ties against them
all-time during the regular season at Joe Louis Arena.

The Wings could get a lift if Chris Osgood, 10th all-time with
395 wins, is able to start in net after he was rested against
the Blue Jackets before a bout with the flu forced him out
Thursday.

Osgood is 6-3-2 with a 2.77 goals-against average and a shutout,
while posting a 14-2-0 mark with a tie and a 2.48 GAA in 17
games, including six in the postseason, against the Ducks. If
Osgood is unable to play, Jimmy Howard would face Anaheim for
the first time.

Howard won the last two games while stopping 56 of 58 shots,
improving to 3-2-1 with a 2.66 GAA in seven appearances.

"I think everybody in this dressing room believes I can do it,"
said Howard, who is in his fourth season as a backup with
Detroit. "I just have to keep doing it consistently."

The Ducks dropped to 0-1-1 on a four-game trip after falling 3-2
in a shootout at Columbus on Friday.

"We are desperate for a win on the road," coach Randy Carlyle
said. "I didn't think we played that poor a hockey game. But we
will take the point and move on. It's not easy to win on the
road."

While Anaheim is struggling, Corey Perry has been one of the few
bright spots. The right wing ranks among the league leaders with
12 goals and 21 points, failing to record a point in only three
games.

Perry, though, has just three goals and five assists in 15 games
against the Red Wings. However, he had five of each during last
season's playoff series.

Todd Marchant scored his second goal of the season Friday. The
veteran center came up big in the playoffs against Detroit last
spring, scoring in the third overtime to clinch a 4-3 win at Joe
Louis in Game 2.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Nash scores shootout winner for Blue Jackets]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio(AP) -- Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets put
a blowout loss behind them in a hurry.

Nash scored the winning shootout goal and also had a goal in
regulation, and Mathieu Garon stopped both Anaheim shooters in
the tiebreaker to give Columbus a 3-2 victory Friday night.

Kristian Huselius also scored in the shootout and had a goal and
an assist for Columbus, which rebounded from a 9-1 loss to the
Red Wings on Wednesday night - the Blue Jackets' worst home loss
in franchise history.

"We competed really hard," Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock said.
"It was a big time game. We worked a lot harder and the level of
determination was 10 times better than it was against Detroit."

Antoine Vermette added two assists and the backup Garon stepped
in for Steve Mason and stopped 32 shots to win in his first home
start. He improved to 17-4 all-time in shootouts.

Bobby Ryan and Todd Marchant scored for Anaheim, which has lost
four straight on the road. Ryan Getzlaf had two assists, and
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves in his first start since
Oct. 24.

"We are desperate for a win on the road," Ducks coach Randy
Carlyle said. "I didn't think we played that poor a hockey game.
But we will take the point and move on. It's not easy to win on
the road."

In the shootout, Nash lost his balance but still was able to
roof a shot over Giguere while leaning back on one leg.

"I'm sure he didn't know what to do," Nash said. "He thought I
was going to fall. Luckily enough I put it in."

In overtime, Columbus was assessed a bench minor for having too
many men on the ice, but the Ducks - 0-for-11 on the power play
the last two games - failed to convert. Then Ryan Whitney took a
boarding penalty to nullify the advantage.

"We missed a chance in overtime when we had the four-on-three,"
Carlyle said. "We didn't really create much from it."

The Ducks gained the early momentum with Jason Chimera in the
penalty box serving consecutive minor penalties, scoring shortly
after the second expired.

Getzlaf skated down the right wing into the Columbus zone and
zipped a cross-ice pass to Ryan for the one-timer, his seventh,
from the left dot to start the scoring at 7:55 of the first.
Corey Perry also picked up an assist.

Getzlaf and Perry have scored in 10 consecutive games, the
current longest points streaks in the NHL.

"We did a good job staying in this hockey game," Getzlaf said.
"We were right there ... unfortunately it didn't come out the
way we wanted it to."

The Blue Jackets worked themselves back into the game and Nash
drew them even. He took a lead breakaway pass from Huselius and
beat Giguere with a slap shot from the left circle at 18:26 for
his 13th. Nash has nine goals in the last nine games.

After a Columbus power play ended in the second, Getzlaf jumped
out of the penalty box, grabbed the puck and fed Marchant for an
easy snap shot from the slot to give Anaheim the lead at 1:45
with his second.

About 4 minutes later, Huselius, back after missing four games
with an arm injury, made it 2-2 on the power play with his
sixth. Vermette, stationed near the right post, set up the play
with a long back-hand pass to Huselius, who wristed a shot from
the left circle over a diving Giguere.

"I liked the way we got back into the game," Huselius said. "We
were forechecking at all lengths and we turned it around."

Garon made the save of the night late in the period, robbing
Getzlaf with a lunging glove save on a nifty back door pass from
Teemu Selanne.

"Well, I think that's what we needed," Garon said of the overall
effort. "As a team we worked hard, we dominated and we wanted to
get back on track and that's what we did tonight."

NOTES: Columbus went 1 for 4 with the man advantage, the Ducks 0
for 5. ... Anaheim D Scott Niedermayer became the 28th
defenseman in NHL history to play 1,200 career games. ... The
teams skated three-a-side the final 45 seconds of overtime. ...
Getzlaf has seven goals and 15 assists in 17 games against
Columbus.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[NHL reinstates Samueli as owner of Anaheim Ducks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK(AP) -- Henry Samueli has been reinstated as owner of the
Anaheim Ducks after serving a suspension handed down by the NHL
more than a year ago, when he pleaded guilty to a felony count
of lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman lifted the ban on Thursday.

Samueli's wife Susan also returned to active status as co-owner
of the Ducks. She had relinquished her role to "avoid any
possible improper appearance."

Samueli was suspended indefinitely from any involvement with the
Ducks and the NHL on June 24, 2008.

The co-founder of the chipmaker Broadcom Corp., Samueli entered
the guilty plea after a U.S. federal probe into illegal stock
option backdating at the company.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ducks-Blue Jackets Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Anaheim (6-8-2) at Columbus (9-6-2), 7:00 p.m. EDT

Having made their first playoff appearance last season and now
in the mix for the Central Division lead, the Columbus Blue
Jackets had been looking like a team on rise.

Coach Ken Hitchcock, though, might have to convince his team of
that after its latest game.

Looking to put a stunning blowout loss behind them, the Blue
Jackets host the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night in the teams'
second meeting of the season.

Columbus (9-6-2) had won two straight and brought a five-game
point streak into Wednesday's home matchup with the Red Wings -
the team that swept them in the first round of the playoffs last
season. Once again, Detroit proved to be much too tough for the
Blue Jackets, pounding them 9-1.

Detroit scored four times early in the first period in dealing
Columbus its worst home defeat ever.

"We've got to make sure this game is forgotten pretty quickly,"
said Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash, who scored in the second
period for his sixth goal in seven games.

Steve Mason allowed three goals on six shots and was pulled
after playing just 7:32. Hitchcock, though, put him back in to
start the second, and Mason is likely to be back in net Friday.

"He's going to have to bury this with the rest of us," Hitchcock
told the team's official Web site. "He's our guy and he's going
to have to fight with the rest of us. I just felt like the
(early) goals weren't his fault. He needed to catch his breath."

Hitchcock's club is two points out of first place, but he needs
the Blue Jackets to immediately improve in all facets of the
game. They were plagued by poor breakouts and spotty
defensive-zone coverage in addition to shaky goaltending.

Columbus had a better result in its first matchup with Anaheim
in 2009-10. The Blue Jackets scored four times in the second
period and got two goals apiece from Nash and Jakub Voracek in a
6-4 road victory Oct. 24.

The Ducks (6-8-2) were also denied a third straight victory in
their last game, a 3-1 loss to New Jersey on Wednesday that
opened a four-game road trip.

Corey Perry tied the game with his 12th goal early in the second
period, but the Devils responded with two goals later in the
second and Martin Brodeur stopped 31 shots.

Anaheim, last in the Pacific Division, is averaging less than
three goals per game.

"We didn't win any of those loose-puck battles on the power
play," coach Randy Carlyle said after his team went 0 for 6 with
the man advantage. "We didn't create much until the last one
when we started to shoot the puck more. When you've got an
opportunity, you've got to take the most of it. Giving up the
short-handed goal took a lot of momentum away from us."

The Ducks are 3 for 27 on the power play in their last five
games.

The Blue Jackets won two of the last three meetings with the
Ducks after losing the previous five. Columbus, though, has
dropped three straight and six of seven matchups with Anaheim at
Nationwide Arena.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Langenbrunner, Parise lead Devils to 3-1 win]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J.(AP) -- Jamie Langenbrunner and the New Jersey Devils
keep finding ways to win despite an injury list that grows
longer every day.

Langenbrunner and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist, and
Martin Brodeur made 31 saves as the Devils extended their
winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim
Ducks on Wednesday night.

Brian Rolston was the latest casualty, missing the game with an
undisclosed injury or illness. He joined Rob Niedermayer (upper
body), Johnny Oduya (lower body), Paul Martin (broken forearm),
Jay Pandolfo (shoulder) and Dean McAmmond (undisclosed illness)
on the sidelines.

Playing with a lineup sprinkled with callups from their AHL
Lowell, the Devils have not missed a beat.

"I guess we're getting used to it," Langenbrunner said. "We're
not the only team in the league that has to deal with it. The
number of guys we have out is probably more than most. The guys
who have stepped in have stepped up and played well. It's been
good to see, and hopefully it will continue."

David Clarkson also scored, and Andy Greene had two assists for
the Devils, winners of three straight at home after dropping
their first three there.

Corey Perry scored for the Ducks and Jonas Hiller made 22 saves.

New Jersey will travel to Pittsburgh on Thursday night looking
to go 9-0 on the road. The NHL record to start a season away
from home is 10-0, set by Buffalo in 2006.

Langenbrunner got the Devils going 38 seconds in, netting their
fastest goal from the start of a game this season. Parise tipped
the puck back to Greene at the point who flipped a shot on net
that Langenbrunner deflected past Hiller.

"The way we play, it's definitely helpful if we can score
first," Langenbrunner said. "It allows us to settle in and be
more comfortable in our style."

Anaheim's top line tied it at 1 as Perry scored his team-leading
12th goal 2:25 into the second. Bobby Ryan circled behind the
Devils' net, trying for a wraparound stuff. Brodeur blocked the
bid but couldn't control the puck. Ryan Getzlaf took a swipe
before the puck squirted across the crease to Perry for the
tap-in at the right side of the net.

Perry and Getzlaf both extended their scoring streaks to nine
games.

Clarkson put the Devils up 2-1 at 12:52, eluding Anaheim
defenseman James Wisniewski with a nifty deke before drilling a
shot past Hiller from the slot.

Considered an up-and-down grinder, Clarkson was happy to add
some flash to his game.

"It felt good to try something like that and get away with it,"
Clarkson said. "I'm known to be a crash and banger, so to add a
little bit of that stuff was definitely exciting."

New Jersey finished the period with a 3-1 lead as Parise, sprung
by a pass from Langenbrunner, put in his own rebound on a
short-handed breakaway with 12.7 seconds left.

Down by two in the third, Anaheim tried to claw back. Brodeur
made a glove stop on Teemu Selanne's drive from the left circle
about 7 minutes in, and shortly thereafter the Ducks got their
fifth power play.

They failed to generate strong pressure with the man advantage,
and the Devils did a good job of limiting the Ducks' chances
until Anaheim went on the power play with 3:44 left. Brodeur
denied Getzlaf's one-timer, and the Ducks were done.

"We didn't win any of those loose-puck battles on the power
play," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said after his team went 0 for
6 with the advantage. "We didn't create much until the last one
when we started to shoot the puck more. When you've got an
opportunity, you've got to take the most of it. Giving up the
short-handed goal took a lot of momentum away from us."

NOTES: The Devils recalled D Matt Corrente from Lowell. He
didn't play. ... Langenbrunner played in his 900th NHL game. ...
The Devils last won six straight Jan. 13-30. ... Ducks G
Jean-Sebastien Giguere dressed for the first time since
sustaining a groin strain on Oct. 24. He backed up Hiller. ...
Ducks C Saku Koivu missed the game with a lower-body injury ...
The Ducks kicked off a four-game road trip that will take them
to Columbus, Detroit and Pittsburgh. ... Before the game, the
Devils honored their 2003 Stanley Cup championship team that
beat the Ducks in seven games in the finals.]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[By BRETT HUSTON
STATS Writer

Anaheim (6-7-2) at New Jersey (11-4-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT

The New Jersey Devils' season-opening road winning streak is
still alive, but they're also starting to show signs that they
can win on their home ice.

The Devils have won their past two at the Prudential Center, and
they'll look to stretch their overall streak to six consecutive
victories Wednesday night when they host the Anaheim Ducks.

New Jersey (11-4-0) is two road wins shy of tying the 2006-07
Buffalo Sabres for the most victories away from home to begin a
season, but it didn't start with nearly as much success in its
own building.

The Devils lost their first three games at the Prudential
Center, but they've turned it around in their last two contests
there. New Jersey recorded home wins over Washington and the New
York Islanders last week, then improved to 8-0-0 on the road
Saturday by bouncing back from a two-goal deficit to beat Ottawa
3-2.

"It seems we find ways to win," goaltender Martin Brodeur said.
"We stuck with it. It wasn't a really pretty game on our part,
but we came through."

Each of the Devils' five straight victories has come by one
goal, including one in a shootout. They last won six in a row
Jan. 13-30, when they reeled off eight consecutive wins.

"This is our team," coach Jacques Lemaire said. "They believe
they can come back. It's all tight games that we're getting, but
they never let down and they always feel they have a chance to
come back."

New Jersey came back against the Senators thanks to its power
play, which struck three times in the game's final 25 minutes.
The Devils are 6 for 16 with the man advantage in their past
three games after going 2 for 27 (7.4 percent) over their
previous eight.

Brodeur is 14-9-0 with a tie and a 1.87 goals-against average in
24 career starts against the Ducks (6-7-2), whom he hasn't
beaten since blanking them in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup
finals.

The goaltender he outdueled in that game, Jean-Sebastien
Giguere, was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, but it doesn't
look like the two will be going head-to-head Wednesday. Giguere
should be available for the first time since straining his groin
Oct. 24, but he'll likely still be backing up starter Jonas
Hiller.

"I'm sure that we're going to have to use him here very
shortly," coach Randy Carlyle told the Ducks' official Web site.
"We'll see how things go on Wednesday in New Jersey and we'll
make a decision."

Hiller beat Brodeur in his lone career start against the Devils,
making 34 saves in a 2-1 road win Feb. 8, 2008.

He's helped the Ducks win their last two games heading into a
four-game road trip, earning his first shutout Thursday in a win
over Nashville and making 27 stops in a 4-3 win over Phoenix on
Saturday.

"We're heading in the right direction now," said defenseman and
former Devil Scott Niedermayer, whose brother Rob is currently
out with an upper-body injury for New Jersey. "Considering how
the last few weeks have gone here, it's good to come out with a
couple of wins here at home."

Brodeur could have his hands full with the suddenly potent
Anaheim attack, which has scored 20 goals in its past five
games. Corey Perry has six of those, and Ryan Getzlaf has seven
assists despite not scoring a goal.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ducks reassign G Pogge, make way for Giguere]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned goalie
Justin Pogge to the minors, clearing the way for Jean-Sebastien
Giguere's return.

Giguere hasn't played since Oct. 24 while resting a groin
injury. Before Giguere was hurt, the former playoff MVP was
0-2-1 with a 3.65 goals-against average while sharing starts
with Jonas Hiller, who took the Ducks' starting job last season
from Giguere, the topic of numerous trade rumors.

Pogge is headed back to Bakersfield of the ECHL. He didn't play
for the Ducks during his latest stint in Anaheim, sitting for
two weeks behind Hiller.

The last-place Ducks open a four-game East Coast road trip at
New Jersey on Wednesday night.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hiller loses shutout, but holds on for Ducks win]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- Forget the shutout, Jonas Hiller was happy
just to survive a chaotic third period.

Mike Brown's goal off a faceoff in the final period became a
surprising game-winner as the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 4-3
win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night.

After building a 4-0 lead on goals by Teemu Selanne, Bobby Ryan,
Corey Perry and Brown, the Ducks surrendered three quick tallies
to Phoenix in an 8-minute span of the third period.

Hiller made several of his 27 saves over the final minutes to
secure the victory for the Ducks, who ended a three-game
homestand with consecutive wins. It was only the second time
this season Anaheim (6-7-2) has won two in a row.

"It's a win, that's what we need right now," said Hiller, who
had made 40 saves in a 4-0 victory over Nashville on Thursday.

The third-year NHL goalie held an identical lead 7 minutes into
the final period against Phoenix, but Keith Yandle and Scottie
Upshall each scored within a 38-second span to end Hiller's bid
for consecutive shutouts.

Shane Doan added a power-play goal with 5:24 to play to make it
4-3.

"We gave up one goal and everyone was a little worried back
there, not playing our game," Hiller said. "We were too passive.
We didn't do what we did for the first two periods."

Matthew Lombardi had two assists for the Coyotes.

"It seems like it's a lot easier to play when you are down like
that, with no consequences," Coyotes defenseman James Vandermeer
said. "It's good to see that our team didn't quit, but we can't
allow teams to get a jump on us like that."

Phoenix entered the game with the second best
goals-against-average in the NHL, but the Coyotes were missing
three of their top defensemen..

Ed Jovanovski was scratched after sustaining a lower body injury
in a 3-1 victory over Chicago on Thursday. The veteran
defenseman was tied with Doan for the team lead in scoring (13
points) and fifth in overall scoring by defensemen.

Phoenix was also without top defenseman Zbynek Michalek, who
missed a second game because of a lower body injury. Kurt Sauer
has been sidelined since opening night.

"I think right now our team is at the end of a very tough
stretch - 10 games in 17 nights - the injuries we had at the
blue line didn't help," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "We
like that there is no quit in our team, but we don't like how we
started this game."

Working on a power play in the opening minutes, Selanne gathered
a pass from Scott Niedermayer in the slot and quickly swiped the
puck past Ilya Bryzgalov for a 1-0 lead.

Each team had trouble developing quality scoring chances until
the 12th minute of the second period when Niedermayer whisked a
pass from the Anaheim blue line to Ryan as he cut into the
Phoenix zone. Ryan then snapped a 40-foot shot from the right
circle past Bryzgalov.

Just 4:23 later, Perry fired in a feed from Ryan Getzlaf to put
Anaheim in control.

Getzlaf and Perry both extended their point streaks to eight
games. Perry has seven goals and five assists during the run.
Getzlaf has one goal and 11 assists.

"We're heading in the right direction now," said Niedermayer.
"Considering how the last few weeks have gone here, it's good to
come out with a couple of wins here at home."

Brown scored off a faceoff early in the third before the Coyotes
began their late rally.

NOTES: The Ducks will open a four-game road trip at New Jersey
on Wednesday. ... Anaheim D James Wisniewski returned to the
Ducks lineup after completing a two-game suspension for a hit on
Doan on Oct. 31. ... Phoenix D Shaun Herska made his NHL debut
in place of Jovanovski. David Schlemko skated in his fifth game
after stepping in for Michalek.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Coyotes-Ducks Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By ANTHONY GIORNALISTA
STATS Senior Writer

Phoenix (10-6-0) at Anaheim (5-7-2), 10:00 p.m. EDT

A hard hit from Anaheim Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski
doesn't appear to have rattled Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane
Doan.

Doan, who has been showing signs of coming around after
struggling prior to that collision, leads the Coyotes on
Saturday night against a Ducks team that will have Wisniewski
back from a two-game suspension.

Wisniewski was punished by the NHL two days after he delivered a
blow to Doan's head in the first period of Phoenix's 3-2
shootout win Oct. 31. Wisniewski didn't receive a penalty on the
play.

Even without Wisniewski, the Ducks (5-7-2) were able to beat
Nashville 4-0 on Thursday night. Anaheim lost 4-3 to Pittsburgh
two days earlier in its first game without Wisniewski, second on
the team with nine assists.

Doan has one goal and two assists in three games since facing
the Ducks. He was held off the scoresheet in his previous three
contests.

Doan had an assist on Peter Mueller's first goal of the season
as Phoenix (10-6-0) beat Chicago 3-1 on Thursday night.

"Finally," Mueller said. "It's like someone took a weight vest
off of me."

Mueller was a healthy scratch for two games before returning
Wednesday night in a 4-1 loss to Colorado. He didn't have a
point versus the Avalanche, but coach Dave Tippett saw
improvement.

"He sat out a couple of games and it hopefully helped him get
his urgency back," Tippett said. "There's an urgency in the
details in what he's doing in practice. He's not so nonchalant,
and that has shown the last two games."

Mueller, the eighth overall pick in 2006, had 35 goals in his
first two seasons.

He helped Ilya Bryzgalov earn another win Thursday. Bryzgalov
made 31 saves, improving to 9-4-0 with a 1.81 goals-against
average.

Bryzgalov made 32 saves and stopped all three Ducks chances in
the shootout last Saturday.

Phoenix, though, has a banged-up blue line, as Ed Jovanovski
left late in the third period against Chicago with a lower-body
injury. He's tied with Doan for first on the team with 13 points
(five goals, eight assists).

The Coyotes were already without defensemen Kurt Sauer and
Zbynek Michalek.

Sauer has missed 15 straight games with an upper-body injury,
and there's no timetable for his return. Michalek is listed as
week to week after suffering a lower-body injury against the
Avalanche.

Anaheim got an outstanding performance defensively versus the
Predators, stopping their five power-play chances. Ducks
opponents are 0 for 11 with the man advantage over the last two
games.

Jonas Hiller has made four straight starts for Anaheim since
Jean-Sebastien Giguere re-aggravated a groin injury. He stopped
40 shots Thursday for his fifth NHL shutout.

Giguere may not be healthy enough to play until a four-game road
trip beginning Wednesday night against New Jersey.

Another Ducks veteran, Teemu Selanne, scored two goals against
Nashville to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau for 38th on
the career points list with 1,221.

"It's a great honor to pass guys like him because you know you
have done some good things in this league," Selanne said.
"Things like this are just a bonus for myself. Obviously, I'm
very lucky and thankful for how my career has gone."

Selanne has two goals and two assists in his last three games
against the Coyotes. Anaheim has earned points in six straight
versus Phoenix, going 4-0-2.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hiller makes 40 saves in Ducks' shutout win]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- For one night, everything came together for
the Anaheim Ducks.

Jonas Hiller stopped 40 shots - including 10 by Patric Hornqvist
- to earn his fifth NHL shutout and Teemu Selanne scored two
goals to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on the career
points list, in the Ducks' 4-0 victory over the short-handed
Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

The shutout was the first for the Ducks since Jan. 17 when
Hiller won at Minnesota. He made his fourth consecutive start
since Jean-Sebastien Giguere re-aggravated a groin injury.

"We played pretty solid defensively," Hiller said. "I gave up a
couple of rebounds, but our defensemen were doing a great job
clearing the puck. It's definitely the way we have to play.
After we got the first goal, we were able to get that second one
and were able to build on that."

Selanne increased his career point total to 1,221, breaking a
tie with Beliveau for 38th place. Selanne has played in 1,146
regular-season games, 21 more than Beliveau.

"He's a legend in Montreal, and it's a great honor to pass guys
like him because you know you have done some good things in this
league," Selanne said. "Things like this are just a bonus for
myself. Obviously, I'm very lucky and thankful for how my career
has gone."

Todd Marchant scored for Anaheim, snapping his 13-game point
drought from the start of the season. Bobby Ryan also had a goal
for the Ducks, who had won only one of their previous seven.
Saku Koivu and Ryan Getzlaf each had two assists.

"I really hope tonight's game is going to give us the confidence
boost that we need," Selanne said. "I'm not very happy about how
we played, and this team can play way better than we did. For
some reason we were a little too flat, and if seemed to me that
there wasn't enough intensity there. But we found a way to win."

Nashville was blanked for the fourth time this season after
winning three in a row.

"We tried to generate as many chances as we could, especially on
special teams, but we didn't really bear down and put a few
home," Predators forward Joel Ward said.

The Predators, who began this four-game road trip averaging the
second-fewest penalty minutes in the NHL (9.2), gave Anaheim a
two-man advantage for 22 seconds after penalties to Jordin
Tootoo and Kevin Klein.

The Ducks capitalized 4 seconds after the first penalty expired,
as Selanne got a pass in the slot from Getzlaf and beat Pekka
Rinne at 15:32 of the first period. Rinne finished with 27
saves.

Anaheim then scored twice off turnovers in the Nashville zone
during the third period with the teams skating 4-on-4. Koivu set
up Selanne's eighth of the season and second of the game, and
Marchant made it 3-0 when Petteri Nokelainen found him alone in
the low shot.

"I didn't expect it to take that long," Marchant said.
"Sometimes you just can't figure out how or why or what's going
on. But the biggest thing I try to do is just stay positive and
keep plugging away and continue to put pucks on the net and do
the things that make me successful."

Defenseman Shea Weber, right wing J.P. Dumont and rookie center
Colin Wilson, who all played in the Predators' previous game,
sat out because of injuries. Weber bruised a foot while blocking
a shot, Dumont was hurt during Tuesday's practice, and Wilson
had a sore groin.

Martin Erat missed his third game because of a lower body
injury, but captain Jason Arnott returned to the Nashville
lineup after sitting out six games due to arm and shoulder
injuries. Tootoo made his season debut after missing 13 games
because of a hip flexor injury and was the 30th player the
Predators have used this season, equaling last season's total.

Arnott replaced Weber as the point defenseman on the Predators'
power play, which was 0 for 5.

"It wasn't as sharp, no question," coach Barry Trotz said. "We
couldn't capitalize on our power play chances. I didn't think we
got enough traffic in front on the early power plays. Later on,
we tried to do that a little more, but they did a good job
defending it."

Anaheim defenseman James Wisniewski completed his two-game
suspension for delivering a blow to the forehead of Phoenix's
Shane Doan last Saturday.

NOTES: A moment of silence was held for the victims of
Thursday's shooting at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas. ...
Selanne's 587 goals are the most among active players and 18th
best overall. ... The Ducks are 17-1-3 against the Predators in
Anaheim. Their only regulation loss was Jan. 31, 2001. ...
Hiller's only other game against the Predators was Dec. 8, 2007,
in a 4-2 loss.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44:28 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Correction: Penguins-Ducks story]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- In a Nov. 3 story about a game between the
Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks, The Associated Press,
based on information in the NHL record book, erroneously
reported that the Penguins tied a league record with their
seventh straight road victory to open the season. The Buffalo
Sabres had 10 straight road victories at the start of the
2006-07 season.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Predators-Ducks Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By ANDY LEFKOWITZ
STATS Editor

Nashville (6-6-1) at Anaheim (4-7-2), 10:00 p.m. EDT

The Nashville Predators closed October with their longest
winning streak of the season. They look to keep that surge going
as they open November with a four-game road trip.

The Predators go for their fourth straight win Thursday night
when they meet the Anaheim Ducks, who remain mired in an
unexpected slow start.

Last week, Nashville (6-6-1) posted wins over Minnesota and
Chicago before topping Dallas 4-2 at home Saturday. The
Predators got third-period goals from Steve Sullivan, Patric
Hornqvist and Kevin Klein while Pekka Rinne finished with 27
saves.

"Overall our game has been improving over the last week or so,"
Rinne said.

Rinne has been a big reason behind the Predators' recent
success. He came on in relief of Dan Ellis on Oct. 28 against
the Wild, stopping all 12 shots faced to get the win. The next
night, Rinne made 22 saves to blank the Blackhawks.

Rinne, who had a goals-against average of 0.76 in the three
victories, was named the NHL's second star of the week Monday.
He's 1-0-2 with a 2.26 GAA in three career starts versus
Anaheim.

Having a healthy J.P. Dumont in the lineup has also helped Barry
Trotz's team. Dumont missed four games last month with a
concussion, but has two goals and seven assists over his last
five contests. He also has goals in three straight games in
Anaheim.

Dumont leads the club with eight assists and 11 points, and he
will be counted upon to continue producing with defenseman Shea
Weber expected to miss this game with a foot injury. Weber leads
Nashville with five goals, and was the club's top scorer against
the Ducks last season with a goal and four assists in four
games.

Following this contest, the Predators will visit Los Angeles and
San Jose before wrapping up the trip Nov. 12 in St. Louis.

Anaheim (4-7-2) lost for the sixth time in seven games Tuesday,
falling 4-3 to Pittsburgh. The 2007 Stanley Cup champions
reached the West semifinals last season, but now have the fewest
wins in the conference and are tied with Minnesota for last with
10 points.

Corey Perry scored twice, including his 100th career goal, to
extend a pair of streaks. The right wing has six goals in a
career-high four-game run, and 10 points in his last six
contests.

"We're working hard, and if we keep playing the way we played
tonight, we're going to get bounces and create chances for
ourselves. Everybody in here is trying their hardest," said
Perry, who led the Ducks with three goals as they went 2-1-1
versus Nashville last season.

Teemu Selanne was Anaheim's top scorer against the Predators in
2008-09, with five assists and six points. The 17-year veteran -
playing his final NHL season - is second on the team with six
goals, but has only two in his last nine games.

Facing the Predators may help the future Hall of Famer snap out
of his slump, as he has done well in recent games at the Honda
Center against Nashville. The 10-time All-Star has recorded
points in his last six of those matchups, totaling six goals and
eight assists while helping Anaheim to a 5-0-1 record.

With Jean-Sebastien Giguere still day-to-day with a groin
injury, Jonas Hiller will probably be back in goal for the
Ducks.

The Switzerland native is 4-5-1 with a 3.04 GAA in 10 starts,
but has one win in his last six outings. He lost his only career
start against Nashville, stopping 29 shots in a 4-2 defeat in
December 2007.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:33:34 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Penguins hold off Ducks, win 7th straight on road]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer

ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) -- Marc-Andre Fleury flopped around his
crease, awkwardly stacked his pads and even got lucky when a
couple of pucks hit him before he saw them. Sidney Crosby helped
out by diving desperately into the net to block another shot
during that frantic stretch of the final minutes.

Although the defending champion Penguins aren't exactly winning
gracefully, they're still flawless outside of Pittsburgh.

Pascal Dupuis scored the go-ahead goal with 10:47 to play, and
the Penguins tied an NHL record with their seventh straight road
victory to open the season, 4-3 over the last-place Anaheim
Ducks on Tuesday night.

"The way we've gotten them hasn't been perfect," Pittsburgh
coach Dan Bylsma said. "But we battle and block shots, and our
goalie makes a big save. It hasn't been as pretty as some might
like, but we keep working hard."

Michael Rupp, Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski also scored for the
Penguins, who won in California for just the second time since
January 1999 with two goals in the third period.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the Penguins, who matched
the seven season-opening road victories of the 1940 Toronto
Maple Leafs, the 1985 Philadelphia Flyers and the 2005 Detroit
Red Wings. New Jersey also is 7-0 on the road so far this
season.

Pittsburgh was winless in 14 of its last 15 games in California,
but the champs have a momentum that not even the Golden State
could crack. After winning 12 of their first 15 games this
season, the Penguins visit Los Angeles on Thursday and San Jose
on Saturday.

And Pittsburgh is even doing it all without injured star Evgeni
Malkin and regulars Sergei Gonchar and Max Talbot.

"We're just trying to do our best, and we're adjusting to new
things," Crosby said. "I think that it's difficult when you lose
two guys (Malkin and Gonchar) like we've lost. We've just got to
adjust and find ways to be successful."

Corey Perry scored two goals for the Ducks, who have lost six of
seven. The Ducks' slow start has left them with a
conference-worst four victories, but it hasn't affected the
talented young forward, who scored his 100th career goal while
extending his six-game scoring streak and a career-best
four-game goal streak.

"It was very frustrating for the last four minutes," Perry said.
"We had some great chances, but Fleury played well and stood on
his head a couple of times. We're working hard, and if we keep
playing the way we played tonight, we're going to get bounces
and create chances for ourselves. Everybody in here is trying
their hardest."

Jonas Hiller stopped 23 shots and Saku Koivu scored his first
goal since Oct. 6 for Anaheim, but Pittsburgh opened its
four-game West Coast road trip by causing constant traffic in
front of the Ducks' net.

Perhaps that's because the Ducks also played without defenseman
James Wisniewski, who sat out the first game of a two-game
suspension for a high hit on Phoenix captain Shane Doan last
weekend. Wisniewski has averaged nearly 25 1/2 minutes per game
for Anaheim this season.

"You don't win the Stanley Cup if you're not deep in talent,"
Koivu said. "They have some injuries, but they still have a lot
of guys that can play the game and they play well as a team.
They wait for mistakes. Tonight, it looked like we didn't even
make mistakes, and they capitalized on a couple of shots from
the point. That's the sign of a good team."

Letang's first goal of the season put the Penguins ahead 2-1
during a delayed penalty on the Ducks, but Perry tied it six
minutes later in the second period when two defenders couldn't
stop him from slamming a rebound underneath Fleury.

Goligoski's fourth goal in five games evolved after a prolonged
sequence in which the Ducks twice missed easy opportunities to
clear the puck from their zone, but Koivu answered 19 seconds
later while sliding out from behind Fleury's net.

Just 59 seconds after that, Dupuis scored on another long shot
through traffic, giving him goals in two straight games after
getting just one in the Penguins' first 13 games.

"Everybody's working hard in front of the net," Hiller said.
"I'll have to look at it again and see who was screening me, if
it was their guy or our guy. I lost (the fourth goal) on its
way. I have to do a better job of finding the puck."

NOTES: The Honda Center crowd gave a warm ovation to Chris
Kunitz, a member of the Ducks' Stanley Cup-winning team in 2007.
Kunitz was traded to Pittsburgh in February for defenseman Ryan
Whitney. ... Bylsma also played four seasons with the Ducks. ...
Anaheim RW Bobby Ryan played in his 100th NHL game.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ducks D Wisniewski suspended for hit on Doan]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[TORONTO(AP) -- Anaheim Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski was
suspended for two games because he hit Phoenix's Shane Doan in
the forehead with his arm.

The NHL announced the suspension Monday, two days after
Wisniewski delivered the blow to Doan's head in the first period
of the Coyotes' 3-2 shootout win Saturday night.

Wisniewski, who didn't receive a penalty on the play, will also
lose more than $28,000 in pay for sitting out Tuesday night
against Pittsburgh and Thursday night against Nashville.]]></description>
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