GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: ANAHEIM (14-4) at OTTAWA (12-5)

NHL: ANAHEIM (14-4) at OTTAWA (12-5)

<h3>Senators head home hoping for a win</h3>

<div class="pre">Anaheim at Ottawa 8:00 pm EDT</div><div class="pre">Stanley Cup Finals Anaheim leads 2-0</div>

OTTAWA (Ticker) - The Ottawa Senators have dug themselves a deephole. The Anaheim Ducks will look to pour the dirt on when theStanley Cup Finals moves to Ottawa on Saturday for Game Three.

After earning a dramatic third-period win in Game One, the Duckswent back to the same well in Game Two.

Samuel Pahlsson scored at 14:16 of the third period andJean-Sebastien Giguere made 16 saves as the Anaheim Ducks posteda 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday to take atwo-games-to-none lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.

"It's a place where we're really tough to play against and wefeel confident," Senators goaltender Ray Emery said. "As muchas you would have liked to come away here with a win, we battledhard, we took the body tonight, I thought, especially well andhopefully broke them down to bring them back to our building."

"It's the Stanley Cup Finals, it's not going to be easy,"Ottawa's Dany Heatley added. "We obviously put ourselves in a2-0 hole here, but we're going home Saturday. We have two daysto get ready for it and come out in front of our fans."

In Game One, Pahlsson watched as checking-line mate Moen snappeda 2-2 tie late in the third to give the Ducks a triumph. Thistime, the Selke Trophy finalist decided to steal the spotlight.

"They spark us. They did an unbelievable job tonight," Anaheimright wing Teemu Selanne said of the team's checking unit. "Idon't know what to say about those guys. They've beenunbelievable all year. I'm happy that so many more people aregetting to see how good they are (in the Finals)."

Heatley turned over the puck in the neutral zone to Pahlsson,who carried down the right wing. Ottawa captain DanielAlfredsson elected to let his fellow Swede skate by untouched atthe blue line, and it proved to be a crucial error in judgment.

After pulling up in the right faceoff circle, Pahlsson wristed ashot between the legs of defenseman Joe Corvo. The puck sailedpast Emery and just inside the left goalpost for Pahlsson'sthird goal of the postseason and second game-winner.

The Senators will need to get their high-powered offense back ingear here on Saturday. Ottawa was second in the league duringthe regular season with 288 goals scored.

 

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NHL AT OTTAWA
STARTING GOALIES: ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE
OTT - RAY EMERY

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN O'HALLORAN, PAUL DEVORSKI
LIN - JEAN MORIN, SHANE HEYER</div>

 

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ANAHEIM VS OTTAWA - SCRATCHES

ANAHEIM OTTAWA

J DIPENTA HEALTHY B MCGRATTAN HEALTHY
M HARTIGAN HEALTHY L NYCHOLAT HEALTHY
G PARROS HEALTHY P EAVES HEALTHY
R SHANNON HEALTHY
A MILLER HEALTHY</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 0
OTTAWA 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 0
OTTAWA 0 17:30 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 0
OTTAWA 0 16:09 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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NHL ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 0
1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 7 (CHRIS KUNITZ, TEEMU SELANNE) 5:39</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 0 11:15 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 0 9:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 0 7:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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NHL ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 1
1ST PRD: OTT - CHRIS NEIL 2 (CHRIS KELLY, ANDREJ MESZAROS) 16:10</div>

 

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NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ANAHEIM 1 1
OTTAWA 1 1 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 7 (CHRIS KUNITZ, TEEMU SELANNE)
5:39
OTT - CHRIS NEIL 2 (CHRIS KELLY, ANDREJ MESZAROS) 16:10

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ANA 8 8
OTT 11 11

GOALIES: ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE
OTT - RAY EMERY</div>

 

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Anaheim 1 --1
Ottawa 1 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Anaheim, Andy Mcdonald 7 (power play)
(Chris Kunitz, Teemu Selanne), 5:39. 2, Ottawa, Chris Neil 2 (Chris
Kelly, Andrej Meszaros), 16:10. Penalties: W Redden, Ott
(interference), 3:51; B May, Ana (interference), 6:01; T Moen, Ana
(diving), 11:29; M Fisher, Ott (roughing), 11:29.

Shots on goal:
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Anaheim 8 --8
Ottawa 11 --11
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Goalies : Anaheim, Jean-Sebastien Giguere (11 shots, 10 saves).
Ottawa, Ray Emery (8 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Paul
Devorski. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 1 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 1
OTTAWA 1 15:40 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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NHL ANAHEIM 2
OTTAWA 1
2ND PRD: ANA - COREY PERRY 5 (DUSTIN PENNER, RYAN GETZLAF) 5:20</div>

 

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NHL ANAHEIM 2
OTTAWA 2
2ND PRD: OTT - ANTON VOLCHENKOV 2 (MIKE FISHER) 5:47</div>

 

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NHL ANAHEIM 3
OTTAWA 2
2ND PRD: ANA - RYAN GETZLAF 7 (DUSTIN PENNER, COREY PERRY) 7:38</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 3
OTTAWA 2 9:53 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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ANAHEIM 3
OTTAWA 2 7:02 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>