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Dany Heatley scored his NHL-leading 18th goal and set up Joe Thornton's go-ahead tally pin the third period, leading the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.

The winger would prefer to be in the background, but his hot start moved him to the forefront.

Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead.

Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle met with players individually on Sunday and with the team as a whole following a 5-2 loss to the Penguins on Monday that put the finishing touches on an 0-3-1 trip this past week.

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Bill Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday night.

Evgeni Malkin's return from a seven-game absence was enough to help the Penguins snap their longest losing streak of the season.

's performance Friday in a 3-2 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks convinced Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock to alter his club's short-term goaltending schedule.

Now that Anaheim Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere appears fully recovered from a groin strain suffered last month, he's ready to reclaim his spot between the pipes.

The surging Detroit Red Wings will shoot for a third consecutive victory and sixth in seven games when they welcome the Anaheim Ducks for tonight's clash at Joe Louis Arena.

Columbus goalie Mathieu Garon stopped both Ducks shooters in the shootout and Rick Nash scored the winning goal in the tiebreaker and also had a goal in regulation to give Columbus a 3-2 victory Friday night.

Having made their first playoff appearance last season and now in the mix for the Central Division lead, the Columbus Blue Jackets had been looking like a team on rise.

Just when you thought it was safe to buy into the Ducks ... Any momentum created by back-to-back victories at home last week was squashed at least for now as the New Jersey Devils rode second-period goals by David Clarkson and Zach Parise to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night at Prudential Center.

Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere doesn't want to be planted on the bench, where he has often been in recent times.

Ducks tonight VS. NASHVILLE When: 7. Where: Honda Center. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket.

Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller stops a shot by the Nashville Predators in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, Nov.

Numbers and trends can change quickly. Checking this Forecaster only once in a while to try to gauge the ability of an offense isn't going to cut it.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 7:24 am US/Eastern Pittsburgh Penguins Blog By: Casey Shea ANAHEIM, Calif.

Against an offensively toothless Nashville Predators squad, a 4-0 victory Thursday was the reasonable, expected result for the Ducks.

The Nashville Predators will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season to four games tonight, when they visit the Anaheim Ducks and Honda Center.