{coyotes} DUCKS (16-6-3) at COYOTES (14-4-4)

Friday 22 November 2013

{coyotes} DUCKS (16-6-3) at COYOTES (14-4-4)

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Saturday, November 23, 2013

8:00 PM ET

DUCKS (16-6-3) at COYOTES (14-4-4)

TV: PRIME, FS-A

Last 10: Anaheim 5-3-2; Phoenix 7-1-2

Season series: It's the third of five meetings between the Anaheim Ducks and Phoenix Coyotes, but the first one at Jobing.com Arena. The Ducks have won twice at Honda Center, 3-2 in a shootout on Oct. 18 and 5-2 on Nov. 6.

Big story: The Ducks come to the desert for the first time this season on top of the overall standings after a 1-0 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. But beating the Coyotes won't be easy -- Phoenix and the Ducks are the only two teams that have not lost in regulation at home.

Team Scope:

Ducks: Anaheim pounded away for almost 65 minutes against Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop without any success and was less than six seconds away from going to a shootout before winning the game on a fluke goal. Bishop stopped Ryan Getzlaf's shot, only to have teammate Richard Panik accidentally knock the puck into his own net for the win.

The lucky goal gave Jonas Hiller a shutout victory on a night when he got the call at the last minute after Viktor Fasth suffered a lower-body injury in pregame warmups. The pregame ceremonies honoring Hall of Famer Scott Niedermayer gave him some extra time to get ready.

"I found out after warmups," he said of being told he'd play against the Lightning. "I'm glad we honored Scotty, so I had a few more minutes to mentally prepare."

Coyotes: Phoenix has points in all 11 of its home games, but it's the one that got away Thursday that had coach Dave Tippett upset a day later. The Coyotes rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, only to have the visitors tie the game with 3:14 left in regulation and win it on Ryan O'Reilly's power-play goal in OT.

That goal came with defenseman Keith Yandle in the box after the Coyotes had killed off a Colorado power play earlier in the extra period.

"In a tight game, mistakes matter," Tippett told the media Friday. "When you put a team on the power play twice in overtime, it usually comes back to bite you -- and it did."

Who's hot: Getzlaf has goals in three consecutive games and has scored six times in the Ducks' past five games. … The Coyotes lead the NHL with 19 goals from their defensemen. Michael Stone scored against Colorado and is tied with Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators for the League lead with seven.

Injury report: The Ducks say Fasth won't be available and have recalled Frederik Andersen from Norfolk of the American Hockey League. They placed defenseman Francois Beauchemin (upper body) on injured reserve prior to the game Friday. Center Saku Koivu (head), forward Jakob Silfverberg (broken hand) and defenseman Sheldon Souray (wrist) are out. … Phoenix has been playing without defenseman Zbynek Michalek (lower body), who's on IR, as well as forward Lauri Korpikoski (upper body).

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