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"I don't know if there is a good time" to face the Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Getzlaf said Thursday, but tomorrow might be as good as any for the Ducks.
They have won three of four to start their current homestand. Even the lone loss, a 4-3 defeat at the hands of San Jose on Saturday, was "the best game we played this year," in the words of head coach Randy Carlyle. Their two wins since, a pair of 3-2 decisions against Calgary and Carolina, matched the Ducks' longest winning streak in a difficult season.
To win an unprecedented third straight, they'll have to slow a runaway L-train that has won eight in a row, including a 7-2 blowout Wednesday in San Jose.
Continue reading Geztlaf, Ducks prepare for hot 'Hawks.
Teemu Selanne scored the only goal in the shootout as the Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2.
Curtis Glencross and Jarome Iginla scored for the Flames, the latter coming with 18 seconds remaining in regulation of a 2-1 game.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves and earned his first win since March, a span of nine games dating back to last season.
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Petteri Nokelainen probably summed it up best.
"I play with whoever they put me out to play with," he said, "Right now it looks like we're playing with everybody right now, especially when we're two guys short in the middle."
Those two guys -- centers Saku Koivu and Ryan Carter -- didn't take part in a full practice Tuesday with their teammates. Koivu at least attempted to start, after skating for a half-hour on his own, but lasted about 15 minutes before walking off the ice. Carter, who bruised his foot in Columbus when it absorbed a teammate's shot in practice, didn't skate at all.
Continue reading The latest on the Ducks' injuries, and how they're affecting the lineup..
For the first time in a long time, the spotlight on the Ducks was large enough to accommodate most of the team.
Teemu Selanne scored twice, passing up Jean Beliveau for sole possession of 38th place on the NHL's all-time points list (1,220). His first-period power-play goal, the 211th of his career, also eclipsed Keith Tkachuk for 10th place on the all-time power-play goals list.
Todd Marchant added his first goal of the season, Bobby Ryan scored his fifth, and Jonas Hiller stopped all 40 shots he faced for the fifth shutout of his career.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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