Final
Rinne, Predators host Ducks seeking third straight win
Feb 5, 2009 - 11:23 AM Anaheim (26-23-5) at Nashville (23-24-3), 8:00 p.m. ESTNASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- The Anaheim Ducks are currently dealing with a goaltender controversy between All-Star Jean Sebastien Giguere and Jonas Hiller.
Thanks to the sparkling play of rookie Pekka Rinne, the Nashville Predators have no such problem and hope to notch their third straight victory when they host the Ducks on Thursday.
Since relieving Dan Ellis in a 7-2 drubbing at the hands of the lowly Atlanta Thrashers on January 17, Rinne is 3-2-0 with a 2.03 goals-against average. The Finn has also allowed two or fewer tallies in 14 of his last 20 contests.
Rinne, who started for the Rookies in the YoungStars Game as part of the All-Star Weekend, made 30 saves in a 2-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday, and turned aside 33 shots in a victory that featured the same score over the Edmonton Oilers two nights earlier.
Nashville, which is 13-9-1 at home, has won three of its last four overall.
Meanwhile, the Ducks continue to ride the stellar work of Hiller, while the ineffective Giguere has not played since giving up two goals in 14 minutes of a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders on January 21.
Hiller started his fifth consecutive contest and turned aside 22 shots in Anaheim's 3-0 setback to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 1 1 0 2
NASHVILLE 1 2 1 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NAS - RYAN JONES 5 (GREG DE VRIES, DAVID LEGWAND) 11:19
ANA - COREY PERRY 18 (CHRIS KUNITZ, RYAN GETZLAF) 18:16
2ND PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 18 (DAN HAMHUIS, STEVE SULLIVAN) 1:08
NAS - MARTIN ERAT 14 (ANTTI PIHLSTROM,
Feb 5 10:27 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 2
NASHVILLE 4
3RD PRD: NAS - VERNON FIDDLER 8 (JERRED SMITHSON, DAN HAMHUIS) 18:49
Ducks 2, Predators 4 3rd - 1:11Feb 5 10:24 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 1 1 2
NASHVILLE 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NAS - GREG DE VRIES 2 (DAVID LEGWAND, RYAN JONES) 11:19
ANA - COREY PERRY 18 (CHRIS KUNITZ, RYAN GETZLAF) 18:16
2ND PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 18 (DAN HAMHUIS, STEVE SULLIVAN) 1:08
NAS - MARTIN ERAT 14 (ANTT
Feb 5 9:38 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 2
NASHVILLE 3
2ND PRD: ANA - COREY PERRY 19 (TEEMU SELANNE, STEVE MONTADOR) 18:54
Ducks 2, Predators 3 2nd - 1:06Feb 5 9:33 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 1
NASHVILLE 3
2ND PRD: NAS - MARTIN ERAT 14 (ANTTI PIHLSTROM, JASON ARNOTT) 11:23
Ducks 1, Predators 3 2nd - 8:37Feb 5 9:18 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 1
NASHVILLE 2
2ND PRD: NAS - JASON ARNOTT 18 (DAN HAMHUIS, STEVE SULLIVAN) 1:08
Ducks 1, Predators 2 2nd - 18:52Feb 5 9:02 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 1 1
NASHVILLE 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NAS - GREG DE VRIES 2 (DAVID LEGWAND, RYAN JONES) 11:19
ANA - COREY PERRY 18 (CHRIS KUNITZ, RYAN GETZLAF) 18:16
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANA 11 11
NA
Feb 5 8:42 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 1
NASHVILLE 1
1ST PRD: ANA - COREY PERRY 18 (CHRIS KUNITZ, RYAN GETZLAF) 18:16
Ducks 1, Predators 1 1st - 1:44Feb 5 8:37 PM - NHL
ANAHEIM 0
NASHVILLE 1
1ST PRD: NAS - GREG DE VRIES 2 (DAVID LEGWAND, RYAN JONES) 11:19
Ducks 0, Predators 1 1st - 8:41Feb 5 8:27 PM
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