The Anaheim Ducks did it again and if your not a believer now than you will never be. So wake up and smell what Anaheim is cooking!
After being denied for most of the game by Minnesota goaltender Josh Harding the Ducks went with the "flying V" to rally with two goals in the third period, thus gaining their fifth point in the last three games.
I believe the Ducks were the only team left that hadn't won a game when trailing after two periods. You can scratch them off that list now. Before the win they had been 0-21-1 in that regard.
Jonas Hiller and Corey Perry led the way again.
Hiller made 17 saves for his 20th (20-19-9) win of the year and once again held his opponent to under two goals in a game. It is the 12th time in the last 15 starts that he's done so. Dare I say...
En Fuego?
Perry scored his team-high 27th goal of the season, which gives him four in his last two games after getting his fifth career hat trick Sunday against Columbus. Perry now has five goals in his last four games after a six-game goal drought.
Y tu tambien!
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Tonight's game against the Penguins will be tough. After rallying for an emotional win in Minnesota, Anaheim has to fly to Pittsburgh for showdown with a very good Eastern Conference team.
Here's a few things to watch for....
Anaheim Ducks (23-24-9) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (32-19-5)
* The Ducks need a quick start to shake off the tired legs. Falling behind tonight could be a disaster and with so much at stake that would be
no bueno.
* The Penguins are 7-2-1 in the last ten, winning the first two games of their current three-game home stand by a combined score of 12-6. The Ducks will have their work cut out for them.
* This is the only meeting between these two teams this season and the first game in a series of five straight against Eastern Conference foes for Anaheim.
* Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin has three goals and four assists over the last two games giving him a total 32 goals and 37 assists on the season.
* Tonight's game has the potential to be a shootout with both teams possessing offensive firepower. But, the Ducks may have a sided advantage in net with Hiller. Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has allowed three or more goals five times in his last eight games.
* A win tonight and Anaheim is just six points behind the Phoenix Coyotes.
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