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Ducks look to rebound from slow road start
Oct 20, 2007 - 3:15 PM Anaheim (4-4-1) at Dallas (3-2-2) 8:00 pm EDTDALLAS (Ticker) -- While they may be the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Anaheim Ducks are on the verge of a franchise-worst start on the road.
The Ducks look to get their first road win of the season when they travel to American Airlines Center to play the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
Anaheim opened last season winning 12 of 15 games on the road and did not lose its fourth road game until mid-December. This season has been a completely different story as the Ducks have stumbled out of gate with a 0-3-1 road mark.
In home games - including the one in England at the start of the season - Anaheim has outscored its opponents by a 15-8 count. In road games, however, the team has scored just seven times while allowing 16 goals.
If they want to end their road woes, they will need to halt their struggles against the Stars. Since its inaugural 1993-94 season, Anaheim is just 7-23-3 with two ties versus Dallas.
The Stars, who have won at least 28 home games during the last two seasons, are 2-0-1 here thus far. In their 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, reserve netminder Mike Smith stepped in for Marty Turco - who was nursing a sore leg - and made 33 saves.
Smith has been outstanding in three career games against Anaheim, going 2-0-0 with a shutout and an 0.43 goals-against average.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 1 0 1
DALLAS 1 2 0 3 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 4 (MIKE RIBEIRO, JERE LEHTINEN)
2:05
2ND PRD: DAL - MIKE RIBEIRO 2 (JOEL LUNDQVIST, STU BARNES) 7:48
DAL - JERE LEHTINEN 1 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER, TREVOR DALEY) 10:03
ANA - (PP) CHRIS PRONGER 1 (
Oct 20 10:34 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 1 1
DALLAS 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 4 (MIKE RIBEIRO, JERE LEHTINEN)
2:05
2ND PRD: DAL - MIKE RIBEIRO 2 (STU BARNES, PHILIPPE BOUCHER) 7:48
DAL - JERE LEHTINEN 1 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER, TREVOR DALEY) 10:03
ANA - (PP) CH
Oct 20 9:36 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 1
DALLAS 3
2ND PRD: ANA - (PP) CHRIS PRONGER 1 (RYAN GETZLAF) 18:24 (TWO-MAN
ADVANTAGE)
Ducks vs. StarsOct 20 9:35 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 0
DALLAS 3
2ND PRD: DAL - JERE LEHTINEN 1 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER, TREVOR DALEY) 10:03
Ducks vs. StarsOct 20 9:19 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 0
DALLAS 2
2ND PRD: DAL - MIKE RIBEIRO 2 (STU BARNES, PHILIPPE BOUCHER) 7:48
Ducks vs. StarsOct 20 9:16 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 0 0
DALLAS 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 4 (MIKE RIBEIRO, JERE LEHTINEN)
2:05
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANA 8 8
DAL 7 7
GOALIES: ANA - JEAN-SEBA
Oct 20 8:45 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 0
DALLAS 1
1ST PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 4 (MIKE RIBEIRO, JERE LEHTINEN)
2:05
Ducks vs. StarsOct 20 8:13 PM
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