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Bobby Ryan scored two goals and set up another by rookie Dan Sexton, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.

If anybody at the beginning of the season had Dan Sexton, Ryan Carter and Petteri Nokelainen on a Ducks power-play unit, please raise your hand.

ANAHEIMHas the Ducks' 2009-10 season reached the tipping point? Four victories in their past six games and points registered in 12 of their past 16 seem to suggest they're on upward trend.

With Joffrey Lupul out of the line-up for the next six to eight weeks while he recovers from back surgery , the Ducks are going to continue to look elsewhere for scoring options.

Ducks tonight AT VANCOUVER When: 7 PST. Where: GM Place. On the air: TV: Ch. 56; Radio: 830.

After the Red Wings skated this morning , the Anaheim Ducks took to the ice at Joe Louis Arena ahead of the teams' latest chapter of their still-nasty rivalry , and AnaheimDucks.com's Dan Wood reports that the Ducks expect forward Joffrey Lupul to miss tonight's game due to a leg injury: December 11, AnaheimDucks.com : Lupul, who has scored four ...

The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Anaheim Ducks tonight preparing to battle a team that sits in last place in the Western Conference, has lost five of its last six games, 4-3 overtime win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday excluded, and has a pretty good sense of the Red Wings' lot in hockey life.

The look of joy that has been missing from Saku Koivu's face for much of his first season with the Ducks suddenly returned in unbridled fashion.

Mike Modano The 39-year-old veterans won't go head-to-head, but it will be interesting to see who has the bigger impact.

It wasn't long ago that the Ducks were known as one of the NHL's top clampdown teams.

The Ducks' make-or-break homestand is over, and apparently the team is making it for now.

Ducks general manager Bob Murray knew his defense would take a hit when he traded Chris Pronger and basically allowed Francois Beauchemin to seek his riches elsewhere in order to upgrade his limited offensive attack.

Now that he has tied Teemu Selanne's club record of 17 consecutive games with at least a point, Ducks right wing Corey Perry can take dead aim at Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Upon recalling Brendan Mikkelson from the minor leagues a week into the season, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle offered the kind of praise he rarely dishes out to youngsters when he called the 22-year-old an NHL-caliber defenseman.

VS. CALGARY When: 7. Where: Honda Center. On the air: TV: Channel 56; Radio: 830.

ANAHEIM It can be a gesture as simple as a wave to a fan, a Sharpie-scribble of an autograph on a kid's trading card or a shake of a soldier's hand.

The vultures are circling, even though the Ducks' carcass is still breathing. Fifteen NHL scouts were given credentials for their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday at the Honda Center, a sure sign the last-place Ducks are considering personnel moves or already have some changes in the works.

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.

Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins makes a save against Corey Perry #10 of the Anaheim Ducks on November 16, 2009 at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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