Wild Down Ducks 4-1

Sunday, 10.16.2005 / 12:00 AM / News
Anaheim Ducks

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Manny Fernandez made 28 saves, and the Minnesota Wild's power play clicked again in their 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Sunday.

Brian Rolston and Filip Kuba had power-play goals in the first period for the Wild, who entered with the top-ranked unit in the league. Minnesota has converted an impressive 36.4 percent of its opportunities.

The Wild didn't waste any time getting going on Sunday.

A charging penalty to Corey Perry less than five minutes in gave them their first chance. Marc Chouinard's shot from the point bounced off goaltender J.S. Giguere to Todd White, who slid the puck across the crease to Rolston. He scored to give the Wild a 1-0 lead just under six minutes in.

That was just the beginning. Eight minutes later, the Wild got another power play when Ruslan Salei went to the box for high-sticking.

Chouinard chased down the puck at the right faceoff dot, wheeled and fired at Giguere. The shot bounced all the way into the left circle, and Kuba charged in from the point and slammed the puck past a diving Giguere.

The Wild were 2-for-8 on the power play and are 9-for-19 with the man advantage at home.

Chouinard had three assists, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Kyle Wanvig also scored for the Wild, who took advantage of a lackluster night from Giguere, the MVP of the 2003 playoffs.

Giguere made just 15 saves and was pulled for Ilja Bryzgalov after giving up a breakaway goal to Wanvig midway through the third period.

Fernandez was rarely tested, but he came up big when he had to. He smothered a point-blank slap shot from Petr Sykora in the third, then made a nifty glove save on a breakaway by Joffrey Lupul a minute later.

He lost his chance for his 11th career shutout when Bruno St. Jacques scored with 13.5 seconds remaining.

The Mighty Ducks were playing without center Sergei Fedorov and defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh for the second straight game. Fedorov was held out with a groin injury, and Ozolinsh strained a muscle in his chest after missing Friday's game with the flu.

Defenseman Jason Marshall was also scratched after breaking his nose in Friday's win over Columbus.

The Wild were also short-handed. Star forward Marian Gaborik was originally scheduled to make his season debut on Sunday after missing five games with a groin injury. But general manager Doug Risebrough decided to let Gaborik rest for one more game, and the right winger now plans to play against San Jose on Wednesday.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

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2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
R. Getzlaf 7 3 3 2 6
F. Beauchemin 7 2 4 -2 6
K. Palmieri 7 3 2 5 5
E. Etem 7 3 2 4 5
N. Bonino 7 3 1 2 4
B. Ryan 7 2 2 1 4
M. Beleskey 7 2 1 1 3
T. Selanne 7 1 2 1 3
S. Koivu 7 1 2 -4 3
C. Fowler 7 0 3 3 3
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
J. Hiller 3 4 3 .917 2.46
 

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