Game 36: Ducks vs Avalanche

Where? Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Where? 04.00 PM EST / 01.00 PM PDT / 10.00 PM CET

Online streams:

ND Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)


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Listen live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Avalanche:


Games Played: 35 - 38
Points: 35 - 48
Power Play: 23.5% - 18.5%
Short handed: 79.8% - 80.0%

Ducks record: 14-14-7 (13th in the Western Conference) 
Avalanche record: 21-11-6 (3rd in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Sheldon Brookbank - Ryan Whitney

James Wisniewski - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out 6-8 weeks.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until mid January

- Center Ryan Carter is still out with a foote injury but is getting closer to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger and forward Evgeny Artyukhin will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratches.

Avalanche line up:

Wojtek Wolski - Paul Stastny - Chris Stewart

Cody McLeod - T.J. Galiardi - Milan Hejduk
Darcy Tucker - Ryan O'Reilly - Bradon Yip
Chris Durno - Matt Duchene - Matt Hendricks

Kyle Quincey - Scott Hannan
John-Michael Liles - Brett Clark
Adam Foote - Ryan Wilson

Craig Anderson (Peter Budaj)

Notes:

- Defenseman Kyle Cumiskey is getting close to return from a foot injury.

- Former Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei should be back in January from his back injury.

- Forward Marek Svatos is questionable for tonight's game with groin issues.

- Forward David Jones is out until late March with a knee injury.

- T.J. Hensick and David Koci will likely serve as healthy scratches.

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