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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:28

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

A preview of the Ducks.

When and where: 7 p.m. EST. Consol Energy Center.

TV: Root Sports, Prime Sports.

Record: 23-24-9, 55 points. The Ducks are in 13th place in the Western Conference and last place the Pacific Division.

Leading Scorer: Teemu Selanne (right), 51 points (18 goals, 33 assists).

Last Game: 2-1 road win against the Wild, last night. Jonas Hiller made 17 saves for the Ducks.

Last Game against the Penguins: 3-2 home win, Nov. 5, 2010. Sidney Crosby scored both of the Penguins' goals.

Ducks Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Selanne. He has 33 career points in 20 games against the Penguins.

Ex-Penguins on the Ducks: Nate Guenin, defenseman; Brad Lauer, assistant coach; Rick Paterson, director of player personnel.

Ex-Ducks on the Penguins: Dan Byslma, head coach; Chris Kunitz, left winger; Richard Park, right winger.

Useless Ducks/Mighty Ducks Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: The first captain in Ducks/Mighty Ducks history was Troy Loney.

Best Ducks/Mighty Ducks Video We Could Find: Dan Bylsma, then of the Mighty Ducks, roofing a nifty backhander against the Thrashers during the 2001-02 season:

Probable goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury (29-13-3, 2.35 GAA, .911 SV%) for the Penguins and Jonas Hiller (20-19-9, 2.72 GAA, .907 SV%) for the Ducks.

Injuries: For the Penguins, center Tyler Kennedy (high ankle sprain) is out. Right winger Arron Asham (head) and center Sidney Crosby (head/neck) are on injured reserve. For the Ducks, goaltender Dan Ellis (groin) is on injured reserve.

Potential lines and defensive pairings: The Penguins' held an optional skate today. Their primary lines and defensive pairings against the Lightning were:

Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Cal O'Reilly - Dustin Jeffrey
Craig Adams - Joe Vitale - Richard Park

Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Paul Martin - Deryk Engelland
Zbynek Michalek - Matt Niskanen

-The Ducks' primary lines and defensive pairings against the Wild last night were:

Jason Blake - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Nick Bonino - Andrew Cogliano
Niklas Hagman - Rod Pelley - George Parros

Francois Beauchemin - Cam Fowler
Luca Sbisa - Lubomir Visnovsky
Toni Lydman - Sheldon Brookbank

Notes:

-Malkin has 297 career assists.

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(Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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written by waxtell, February 15, 2012 - 02:41 PM

Ducks Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring? My money is on Jason Blake...

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written by Hobbs5, February 15, 2012 - 08:03 PM

Nisckanen BLEW that one, being hesitant on the puck... I like Nisckanen, he is a good player, but Letang was calling for the puck down low and he for whatever reason wouldn't give it to him, then he was hesitant on the loose puck high in the zone... Lead to the uneven break on goal.. Grrrr.

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