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the Anaheim Ducks secured home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs
and finally know who they¡¯ll face: the Pacific Division-rival San Jose
Sharks.Rickard Rakell had a goal and assist, and Ryan Miller made 31 saves to
lead the surging Ducks to a 3-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes Saturday night,
helping Anaheim clinch second place in the division.Rakell scored for the 12th
time in his last 19 games. He led the Ducks with a career-high 34 goals and 69
points this season.¡±We know they have a good power play and they¡¯re strong
around the boards,¡± Rakell said of the Sharks. ¡±They have four good lines
working really hard, so we¡¯re going to have to match that.¡±Miller earned his
fourth shutout of the season and 43rd of his career. It was also his 370th
career win, moving him past Tom Barrasso for second place on the all-time list
among U.S.-born goalies.¡±Definitely somebody I looked up to,¡± Miller said of
Barrasso. ¡±Just happy to still be playing meaningful hockey and getting some
wins.¡±Adam Henrique scored his 24th of the season for Anaheim and added an
assist
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the final buzzer.The Ducks (44-25-13) won their fifth straight to finish 10-1-1
over the final 12 games.The Coyotes (29-41-12) finished last in the Pacific, but
went 17-9-3 in their last 29 games in a season they started 1-12-1.¡±I thought we
got better from October, so there¡¯s some good positive things,¡± Coyotes coach
Rick Tocchet said. ¡±We just ran out of gas tonight. For the most part, the last
25, 30 games, we beat some good hockey teams and I thought some of the young
guys really progressed, which is nice.¡±The two teams combined for 26 penalty
minutes.Arizona goalie Antti Raanta appeared in his first game since signing a
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him from free agency. He stopped 24 shots.¡±Anaheim, they played a strong game,¡±
Raanta said. ¡±Everyone left everything on the ice but sometimes puck luck isn¡¯t
on your side.¡±An altercation between Coyotes defenseman Luke Schenn and Ducks
forward Nick Ritchie in the first period resulted in minor penalties for both.
That was followed by another confrontation involving Arizona¡¯s Brad Richardson
and Anaheim¡¯s Derek Grant, with Richardson sent to the penalty box for two
minutes.The power play for the Ducks helped when Henrique muscled in a backhand
for a goal at 10:54 of the period, giving Anaheim a 1-0 lead. Rakell got an
assist, his 35th.Richardson and Anaheim¡¯s Corey Perry served five minutes for
fighting early in the second period. The Ducks missed a chance to add to their
lead when Jakob Silfverberg hit the post with a shot at 13:07 of the
second.Rakell scored off a pass from Ryan Getzlaf with 3:43 left in the second.
Getzlaf picked up his team-leading 50th assist of the season.Perry earned his
400th assist on Henrique¡¯s goal.Anaheim logged its fifth consecutive 100-point
season as a team.¡±We had a plan. We tried to execute the plan. I¡¯m not standing
here saying it was perfect by any means, we had a lot of speed bumps on the
way,¡± Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. ¡±We¡¯ve got our group together here over
the last six weeks and we¡¯ve played good enough to gain points.¡±NOTES: The
Coyotes brought up D Joel Hanley on emergency recall from
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C Clayton Keller, a rookie and the team¡¯s leading scorer this season, was voted
Coyotes Most Valuable Player for the season as voted on by local media. ¡ Ducks
C Antoine Vermette and F Troy Terry played Saturday, Vermette¡¯s first game since
March 23 and Terry¡¯s second of the season. F Jason Chimera and F J.T. Brown were
scratched. ¡ A moment of silence was held in remembrance of lives lost in the
fatal bus crash involving a junior hockey team in Canada Friday night.UP
NEXTDucks: Western Conference playoffs vs. San JoseCoyotes: Offseason.
Washington Capitals (46-24-8, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay
Lightning (59-14-4, first in the Atlantic Division)Tampa, Florida;
Saturday
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Amalie Arena to face the top-ranked team in the Eastern Conference, the Tampa
Bay Lightning.The Lightning are 32-6-2 at home. Tampa Bay is the league leader
with 6.7 assists per game, led by Nikita Kucherov averaging 1.1.The Capitals are
23-14-2 on the road. Washington is second in the Eastern Conference shooting
11.1 percent and averaging 3.4 goals on 30.4 shots per game. In their last
meeting on March 20, Tampa Bay won 5-4. Steven Stamkos recorded a team-high two
assists for the Lightning in the victory.TOP PERFORMERS: Stamkos leads the
Lightning with 41 goals and has recorded 93 points. Kucherov has totaled seven
goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.LAST 10 GAMES:
Capitals: 6-3-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.7 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.9 penalty
minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game with a .920 save
percentage.Lightning: 8-2-0, averaging 4.3
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per game with a .903 save percentage.Lightning Injuries: Anton Stralman: day to
day (lower body), Ondrej Palat: day to day (upper body), Dan Girardi: out (lower
body).Capitals Injuries: Michal Kempny: out indefinitely (lower body).