GAME THREAD: NHL: OTTAWA (13-6) at ANAHEIM (15-5)

NHL: OTTAWA (13-6) at ANAHEIM (15-5)

<h3>More success at home for Ducks would seal Stanley Cup</h3>

<div class="pre">Ottawa at Anaheim 8:00 pm EDT</div><div class="pre">Stanley Cup Finals Anaheim leads, 3-1</div>

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - After a big win on the road, theAnaheim Ducks are back in place that has led to a great deal ofsuccess.

The Ducks will try to continue their undefeated run at home inthe Stanley Cup Finals and seal their first championship whenthey face the Ottawa Senators in Game Five on Wednesday.

Anaheim holds a commanding three-games-to-one lead in the seriesfollowing Monday's 3-2 win at Ottawa. It was the first roadwin in six games over two appearances in the finals for Anaheim.

Despite being without suspended defenseman Chris Pronger, theDucks overcame the loss of a one-goal lead in the second period,collecting the go-ahead goal on Dustin Penner's tally early inthe third.

Now Anaheim returns to the Honda Center where it is 5-0 all-timein the finals and 7-0 when closing out a series, including 3-0this postseason.

As if they were not facing enough in attempting to rally fromthe two-game deficit, the Senators will see Pronger return tothe Ducks' stellar defensive corps.

"We get him back, and we feel good about having him back,"Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said about the defenseman. "All wewant Chris Pronger to do is be Chris Pronger."

A finalist for the Norris Trophy this year, Pronger served hissecond one-game suspension on Monday after a hit to the head ofDean McAmmond in Saturday's Game Three loss.

Despite being penalized for a second time because of hisaggressive play, Pronger does not expect himself to act anydifferently on the ice.

"You don't have time to think out there, you've got to react,"Pronger said. "You've got to do what you do best and play thegame the way you know how."

So far, Ottawa has not been at its best because the play ofPronger and Anaheim's stellar defense.

The second-highest scoring club in the regular season, theSenators have managed more than two goals just once, breakingout for five in Saturday's win.

The stellar top line of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley andJason Spezza did find the net twice on Monday, but was stoppedon the trio's other eight scoring attempts.

"Obviously, it's frustrating a little bit losing tight games,not scoring maybe as easy as we did the first couple of rounds,"Spezza said. "We are working.

"But we have no time to really think about it, we have to turnthis thing around."

If Ottawa can not turn it around, a team from the Sun Belt ofthe United States will win the Stanley Cup for the thirdstraight time. A Canadian team has not won the NHL championshipsince Montreal in 1993.

 

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

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

 

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OTTAWA VS ANAHEIM - SCRATCHES

OTTAWA ANAHEIM

D MCAMMOND CONCUSSION R JACKMAN HEALTHY
B MCGRATTAN HEALTHY S CARON HEALTHY
L NYCHOLAT HEALTHY R CARTER HEALTHY
A ROME HEALTHY
G PARROS HEALTHY
J MOTZKO HEALTHY
R SHANNON HEALTHY
A MILLER HEALTHY</div>

 

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

 

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NHL OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1
1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 10 (RYAN GETZLAF, CHRIS PRONGER)
3:41</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 12:25 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 8:15 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 7:25 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 6:25 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 4:12 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 4:05 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 1 2:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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NHL OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2
1ST PRD: ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 5 (COREY PERRY) 17:41</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2 2:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTTAWA 0 0
ANAHEIM 2 2 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 10 (RYAN GETZLAF, CHRIS PRONGER)
3:41
ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 5 (COREY PERRY) 17:41

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTT 3 3
ANA 5 5

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

 

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Ottawa 0 --0
Anaheim 2 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Anaheim, Andy Mcdonald 10 (power play)
(Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger), 3:41. 2, Anaheim, Rob Niedermayer 5
(Corey Perry), 17:41. Penalties: T Preissing, Ott (interference),
1:40; A Volchenkov, Ott (hooking), 3:25; J Spezza, Ott (holding
stick), 5:39; S Pahlsson, Ana (elbowing), 10:14; C Perry, Ana
(roughing), 15:31; T Selanne, Ana (holding), 18:10.

Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 3 --3
Anaheim 5 --5
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Goalies : Ottawa, Ray Emery (5 shots, 3 saves). Anaheim,
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (3 shots, 3 saves). Referees: Dan O'Halloran,
Paul Devorski. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2 17:50 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2 16:35 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0
ANAHEIM 2 11:50 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>