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Slumping Ducks aim to beat Phoenix again

Feb 15, 2007 - 3:47 PM Anaheim (33-16-8) at Phoenix (25-30-2) 9:00 pm EST

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- The slumping Anaheim Ducks are playing the Phoenix Coyotes at the right time.

The Ducks try to snap a three-game losing streak when they visit Phoenix Thursday. Anaheim is 4-1 against the Coyotes this season.

However, the Ducks have lost seven of their last 10 games and hold a one-point lead over San Jose in the Pacific Division.

Anaheim has 180 goals, tied for the fifth-most in the league. However, it has two goals in its last three games. The Ducks have been blanked in three of their last five contests.

Teemu Selanne, who leads the Ducks with 32 goals, has just one in his last six games. "The Finnish Flash" has 23 points in his last 13 games against Phoenix.

Ryan Getzlaf's 20 tallies are second on Anaheim, but he has one goal in his last 10 contests.

Phoenix is 1-4-0 in its last five games. The Coyotes are 14 points out of the final playoff berth in the Western Conference.

While the Ducks have had trouble scoring goals, the Coyotes have problems in preventing them. They have given up 14 in three straight losses.

Goaltender Mikael Tellqvist stopped 22-of-27 shots in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Tellqvist is 0-2-0 in his last two games with 15 goals allowed.

Tellqvist won his only previous appearance against the Ducks, 2-0, on December 23. He stopped 29 shots for his third career shutout.