Game 76: Ducks vs Avalanche

Where? Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Where? 9.00 PM EST / 6.00 PM PDT / 3.00 AM CET

Online streams: 

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

--- 

Listen live

---

Team comparison, Ducks - Avalanche:


Games Played: 75 - 75
Points: 80 - 89
Power Play: 19.9% - 18.5%
Short handed: 79.4% - 80.4%

Ducks record: 36-31-8 (11th in the Western Conference) 
Avalanche record: 41-27-7 (8th in the Western Conference)

---

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Steve Eminger
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Brendan Mikkelson - Sheldon Brookbank

Curtis McElhinney (Jean-Philippe Levasseur)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery and is out for the remainder of the season.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with an ankle sprain.

- Defenseman Aaron Ward is day to day with a bruised foot. UPDATE: Ward participated in the morning skate. He's likely to play tonight.

- Goaltender Jonas Hiller is day to day with back spasms.

- Likely to be healthy scratches (bold one most likely): One of Dan Sexton and Jason Blake, one of Mike Brown, George Parros and Ryan Carter and one of Brendan Mikkelson and Brett Festerling.

Avalanche probable line up:

Peter Mueller - Matt Duchene - Milan Hejduk

Kevin Porter - Paul Stastny - Chris Stewart
Cody McLeod - Ryan O'Reilly - Matt Hendricks
Darcy Tucker - T.J. Galiardi - John-Michael Liles

Kyle Quincey - Adam Foote
Scott Hannan - Kyle Quincey
Brett Clark - Ruslan Salei

Craig Anderson (Peter Budaj)

Notes:

- Winger David Koci is day to day (hand).

- Winger Brandon Yip is day to day (shoulder).

- Right winger David Jones is day to day (knee).

- Defenseman Ryan Wilson is day to day (head).

- Center Stephane Yelle is day to day (leg).