Game 38: Ducks @ Sabres 12.21.10

OPINION:
The only game this season not televised due to Versus exclusive broadcasting, so I don't have much of an opinion. The score makes the game actually look better than what it sounded like. Ducks got 2 toward the end so it wasn't a complete shamble but nonetheless it sounded like a game where we're glad it wasn't televised. I can't remember the last time the Ducks have sent their fans into Christmas with a win, so this one is nothing new. The follow up one of their best games of the season with one of the worst.

POST GAME QUOTES:
None.

GAME NOTES:
The Ducks recalled LW Josh Green from Syracuse of the AHL after C Nick Bonino injured a foot against Boston. He day-to-day. … Sabres C Tim Connolly missed the game due to a fractured nose sustained against Tampa Bay on Saturday. He will be out at least a week. … Rivet, Buffalo’s captain, returned after being a healthy scratch for 11 straight games. … Miller got engaged over the weekend to Noureen DeWulf. … Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf and Sabres C Cody McCormick fought immediately after the opening faceoff in the second period. Five seconds later, Anaheim’s Kyle Chipchura and Buffalo’s Paul Gaustad also fought.

Source for Quotes & Game Day Notes: ducks.nhl.com

PHOTO OF THE GAME:

Buffalo Sabres' Tyler Myers (57) battles for the puck with Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Sabres won 5-2.(Photo by Yahoo Sports)

Game 38: Ducks @ Sharks 12.26.09

Graphic Credit: BuckyHermit @ duckscentral.net





OPINION:
All I can do is shake my head at this one...

Oh, and FYI -- Getzlaf left the game with a minor leg laceration. He was getting stitches and did not return to the game. He is considered day-to-day. Thanks, injury bug. :/

POST GAME QUOTES:
Can't find any at the moment. Will update if/when some become available.



PHOTO OF THE GAME:

San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton, right, is checked into the boards by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer, left, during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, in San Jose, Calif. San Jose won 5-2. Photo Credit: Yahoo Sports

Game 38: Ducks vs. Blue Jackets 12.31.08

Ducks Lose 2-0

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GAME DAY QUOTES:
"They had their chances and they capitalized on them," said Ducks forward Corey Perry. "And we didn’t."

"He’s been playing well.," said Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf of Mason. "We watched him a couple of games before leading into tonight. We knew we had to get some pucks at him. I thought we did that pretty well at the start of the game."

"The referee said that I went to the net and ended up taking a couple of guys with me there," Getzlaf said. "I think it was a matter of us running into each other. It was his interpretation of the play. We had to live with it. Those are the ones that can go either way. You don’t really agree with them all the time, but that is the way it went tonight."

"It was a flat game, emotional-wise for us," lamented Ducks coach Randy Carlyle. "We had a lot of trouble getting any noise on the bench. Those are ones that you don’t know why, but you try to pump people up and push. It just seemed that we couldn’t get any emotion going for ourselves."

Source for Quotes: ducks.nhl.com