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Ducks look to take advantage of home ice in Game Three

May 15, 2007 - 1:09 PM Detroit at Anaheim 9:00 pm EDT Western Conference Finals Series tied, 1-1

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- The Anaheim Ducks' brother act of Scott and Rob Niedermayer is quite a postseason hit.

The Ducks split the first two games against the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals to take away the home-ice advantage and will host Game Three on Tuesday.

Rob Niedermayer opened the scoring for the Ducks and then assisted on Scott's game-winning goal in the Ducks' 4-3 overtime victory in Game Two that evened the series at Detroit.

Rob leveled Vancouver's Jannick Hansen to knock the puck loose deep in the Canucks' zone and as the puck squirted across to Scott, he quickly got off a wrist shot from the left point that beat Roberto Luongo for a 2-1 victory in the second overtime of Game Five, advancing the Ducks to the conference finals.

Scott, a 33-year-old defenseman who is 16 months older than Rob, left New Jersey to sign with the Ducks in August 2005, deciding to join his brother in Anaheim rather than taking more money from the New Jersey Devils.

The older Niedermayer is the 2004 Norris Trophy winner and a finalist this season to be the NHL's top defenseman. He has two goals and five assists in the Ducks' 12 postseason games. Rob has two goals and two assists.

Anaheim was able to manage a split in Detroit despite going 0-for-12 on the power play.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (1.51) and the Red Wings' Dominik Hasek (1.63), Anaheim have the two lowest goals-against averages of teams remaining in the playoffs.

The Ducks have put more pressure on Hasek with a 65-46 edge in shots.

Anaheim will need to continue to compensate for the loss of left wing Chris Kunitz, who has a broken right hand and will likely miss the rest of the postseason. He suffered the injury in Game One.

Kunitz had a goal and five assists in the Ducks' first 11 playoff games this year.