Ryan Getzlaf leads the Ducks in points with 57, 38 of which are assists. Corey Perry is the leading goalscorer, with 26. Four other Ducks have 10 or more goals: Getzlaf (19), Chris Pronger (10), Chris Kunitz (15), and Todd Bertuzzi (11).
Scott Niedermayer has two goals and nine assists since returning from semi-retirement mid-way through the season. The Ducks are 12-3-2 in the 17 games since his return on December 16th. I suppose that is the rationale behind the NHL’s decision to name him an All Star as an injury replacement for Sergei Zubov instead of a someone with more candidates under his belt.
The Ducks will be without defensive specialist Sammy Pahlsson (abdomen) and George Parros (knee), who now looks less like a 70s throwback character and more like a musketeer in his team photo.
J.S. Giguere should get the start for the Ducks.
For the Anaheim perspective, see Anaheim Duck Fan, The Battle of California (Gameday here), Ducks Wire,?? Girl with a Puck, and On the Pond.
The Wings improved to 7-2-1 in 2008 with last night’s 3-0 win over Los Angeles. The game came three nights after a wild one in San Jose, which ended in a 6-3 Detroit win. Two nights before that, on the 17th, the Wings halted a three-game skid by beating the Vancouver Canucks in a shootout, 3-2. Tonight is the final stop in a three-game road trip and the final game before the all-star break for the Wings, who will be sending three players and a head coach to Atlanta.
Six Red Wings have 10 or more goals: Henrik Zetterberg (28), Daniel Cleary (19), Tomas Holmstrom (19), Pavel Datsyuk (17), Valtteri Filppula (14), and Jiri Hudler (11).
The team will be without Zetterberg (back) for the second straight game. The forward was injured by a hit late in the game Saturday night and is taking extra precautions, given his history of back problems. However, he has been quick to assure the media
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