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GDt: Ducks @ Coyotes 04/11/15 Last Regular Season Game

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Ducks @ Coyotes


04/11/2015


In Glendale, AZ

@6:00PM Pacific Time

Preview:

[h=1]Ducks Look to Clinch Top Seed in West vs. Coyotes[/h]


DUCKS (50-24-7) at COYOTES (24-49-8)


TV: FS-W, FS-A PLUS


The Latest: Co-leading the Western Conference in wins and standings points, the Pacific Division champion Anaheim Ducks (50-24-7, 107 pts.) conclude their 2014-15 regular season tonight against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena (6 p.m. PDT, Fox Sports West/710 AM). Tied for the conference's top spot with the St. Louis Blues, the Ducks enter Game 82 having won four of the last six games (5-1-0), gone 8-4-0 in the last 12 and 15-7-0 in the last 23. Anaheim owns the second-most wins through 81 games in club history, trailing only the 2013-14 club (53-20-8, 114). The Ducks have also matched the club record for most road standings points (52) and wins (24) through 40 road games, a record originally set last season. Among Western Conference opponents, the Ducks have the top intra-conference record with a 33-10-5 mark for a .739 points percentage. Anaheim is 16-5-0 vs. the Central Division, leading NHL teams in wins and ranking second in points percentage (.762). The club is also 17-6-5 vs. the Pacific, having won six of its last eight (6-2-0).


Ducks-Coyotes: Anaheim and Arizona conclude a five-game season series tonight at Gila River Arena. The Ducks have earned standings points in nine straight games vs. the Coyotes (7-0-2) and own an all-time record of 64-32-18 vs. their Pacific Division rival (28-11-11 in Arizona). The first three games of the season series were decided by one goal (two via shootout) before a 4-1 Ducks win on March 3 in Arizona. Anaheim leads the season series with a 2-0-2 record. Ryan Getzlaf leads the Ducks in career scoring vs. Arizona, earning 55 points (16g/39a) in 55 games.


Ducks team scope: Anaheim would clinch the top seed in the Western Conference for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a regulation or overtime win. "We haven't played good the past two games," said head coach Bruce Boudreau. "We know what Arizona's plight is, but it's their last game of the season. We played them two years ago the last game of the season and they beat us." The Ducks lost to the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Wednesday and could end the regular season on a three-game losing streak. "You want to be on a roll going into the playoffs," forward Matt Beleskey said. "I'm sure that's what we'll do [Saturday] night." Boudreau didn't say if he would rest players, as he has done in the past few weeks. He also didn't say if goalie Frederik Andersen, who started Wednesday, or John Gibson, would start.


The Ducks own an all-time record of 10-6-4 in regular-season finales, with a 7-2-1 mark in their last 10 season-enders. Including 2014-15, the Ducks have completed the regular season on the road eight times and at Honda Center on 13 occasions.


Coyotes team scope: It's been a difficult season for Arizona, which has lost two games in a row and is 11-24-5 at home. The Coyotes will finish with the second-worst record in the NHL, meaning Arizona is not guaranteed one of the top two picks in the 2015 NHL Draft. Goalie Mike Smith, who was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 24 shots in a 5-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, could sit in favor of backup Louis Domingue, who hasn't won since Feb. 1. Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson has six goals in his past 11 games and leads NHL defensemen with 23.






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