Ducks beat Sharks a strong NHL rivalry
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Fans booing and shouting from the moment the puck drops. Close games that turn on a single bad bounce. And, oh yes, a couple scraps here and there.
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Brandon Bochenski and Corey Perry scored goals and the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks stretched their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
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Joe Thornton and Jonathan Cheechoo each had a goal and three assists to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.
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Andy McDonald bailed out Chris Pronger and set up Southern California for a playoff party like never before. The Anaheim Ducks are within a win of their first Stanley Cup championship. McDonald scored two goals in the second period, then shook free of hard-hitting Chris Neil and assisted on Dustin Penner's winner in the third, giving Anaheim a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.
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The consolation for Ottawa: In each of the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals, the Senators were neck-and-neck with the Anaheim Ducks heading into the closing minutes of the third period.
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Chris Pronger scored the tying goal early in the third period and Mathieu Schneider got the game-winner with 1:29 left in overtime, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.
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Chris Pronger and Corey Perry scored power-play goals 1:10 apart to cap a four-goal spurt in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 Monday night.
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Shea Weber scored two goals and Tomas Vokoun stopped 22 shots as the Predators beat the San Jose Sharks, 5-0, last night in Nashville. The victory moved them back on top of the NHL standings with 81 points, one ahead of idle Buffalo.
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Bryan Murray proudly wore his Ottawa Senators warmup suit with the big Stanley Cup finals logo on his chest. He couldn't help but also feel pride for his opponent, the Anaheim Ducks, a team he had a big hand in building.
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Ryan Getzlaf had two goals and an assist, Corey Perry and Dustin Penner each had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.
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Stanley Cup champions the Anaheim Ducks, one of the busiest teams on the NHL free agent market this week, signed defenseman Shane Hnidy on Thursday.
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The Sharks acquired defenseman Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, finally adding a veteran defenseman for the playoff push.
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Joe Pavelski deflected home the go-ahead goal with 9:39 to play, and the San Jose Sharks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period for their seventh win in eight games, 3-2 over the miserable Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
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The Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks will raise the curtain on the new season with two games against the Los Angeles Kings in London, the National Hockey League said on Wednesday.
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The San Jose Sharks finally got the better of Anaheim in a shootout, spoiling the return of Scott Niedermayer to the Ducks.
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Teemu Selanne had two goals and an assist, Rob Niedermayer scored in his 800th NHL game, and the Anaheim Ducks held off a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory.
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Ryan Getzlaf is finding his groove for an Anaheim Ducks team that has been in one all season long. Getzlaf scored the tiebreaking goal on a two-man advantage with 7:34 left, sending the Ducks to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.