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Ducks begin pivotal road trip against Stars
Feb 10, 2007 - 4:41 PM Anaheim (33-14-8) at Dallas (32-20-2) 3:30 pm ESTDALLAS (Ticker) -- The Anaheim Ducks begin a four-game road trip when they visit the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
The Ducks hold a three-point lead over the San Jose Sharks in the battle for first place in the Pacific Division. Anaheim also plays division rivals Los Angeles and Phoenix on the trip along with the Colorado Avalanche
Anaheim comes off a home-and-home split with San Jose. The Ducks lost, 3-2, to the Sharks on Wednesday and are 4-5-1 in their last 10.
Teemu Selanne and Shawn Thornton scored for Anaheim while Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves in place of Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
Selanne has 32 goals this season and is tied for fourth in scoring with Ottawa's Dany Heatley and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis.
Giguere has been very solid against division opponents this season with a 9-3-1 record and a 2.41 goals-against average. He has faced Dallas three times this season and is 2-0-1 with a 1.16 goals-against average.
The Stars, 6-2-1 in their last nine contests, opened a five-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
Starting goaltender Marty Turco was pulled and replaced by Mike Smith after allowing two goals on Minnesota's first seven shots. Smith stopped all 15 shots he faced in his first appearance since a 6-5 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers on January 4.
Turco is 1-3-0 with a 4.27 goals-against average in four starts against the Ducks this season
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 0 0 0
DALLAS 0 0 1 1 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: DAL - (PP) JUSSI JOKINEN 11 (SERGEI ZUBOV, NIKLAS HAGMAN)
4:13
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: ANA - 0 OF 6, DAL - 1 OF 6.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANA 10
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ANAHEIM 0
DALLAS 1
3RD PRD: DAL - (PP) JUSSI JOKINEN 11 (SERGEI ZUBOV, NIKLAS HAGMAN)
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Ducks vs. StarsFeb 10 5:30 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 0 0
DALLAS 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANA 10 6 16
DAL 4 11 15
GOALIES: ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE
DAL - MIKE SMITH
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END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 0
DALLAS 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANA 10 10
DAL 4 4
GOALIES: ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE
DAL - MIKE SMITH
Feb 10 4:13 PM
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