Weight sees way out of 0-2 hole

DALLAS -- The situation is dire but not one that Doug Weight hasn’t faced.

Weight can relate to the Ducks’ predicament of needing to rally against Dallas in the Western Conference quarterfinals after two one-sided losses at home.

When he played for Carolina in 2006, the Hurricanes had to rally against Montreal in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals after losing the first two games at home. Carolina won the next four and eventually the Stanley Cup.

“It can be done. It started on the flight right after the game,” Weight said, referring to the Hurricanes’ second loss to Montreal. “Like it did here. We loosened up and talked about inching back into the series.

“Throughout the playoffs, throughout big games, throughout series, you’re going to use cliches. You can say them until you’re blue in the face but you’ve got to believe them. We started believing on the flight [to Montreal]. If we play our game for 60 minutes, we trusted that we’re going to get some results in Game 3. And we did.”

On the flight to Dallas, Weight said there was plenty of talk about having a new attitude going into tonight’s Game 3 at the American Airlines Center.

“We’re not overly loose but we’re loose,” Weight said. “We’re saying we’ve got to get confident. We’ve got to play with a swagger and play smart. It’s how we have to get back.”

How quickly the Ducks regain their confidence may be the key. They didn’t lose consecutive playoff games last season in their run to the Cup.

“Anything positive will be good,” goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere said. “For me, a save could be good. Killing off a penalty. Just those little things gives you confidence.”

The Ducks have problems in many areas right now, and Giguere’s play is one.

He was in net for all nine Dallas goals after having not allowed more than three in a game since Jan. 20, ironically against Dallas.

Asked if he had any answers to the Ducks’ poor play in the series, Coach Randy Carlyle said, “If I had that answer, it would have been corrected a long time ago.

“We’ve had our fair share of peaks and valleys,” he added. “At this point, I haven’t got the answer. We’re all looking for that answer. I think the one thing we have to continue to do is stay focused on the task at hand.”

Carlyle has not lost faith in his beleaguered team.

“This group has been able to rally around one another and find a way to get things done.”

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Already without winger Corey Perry, the Ducks could have another injury concern.

Checking forward Rob Niedermayer remained in Anaheim to be examined by team doctors and was expected to join the team today. Carlyle said Niedermayer has an “upper-body injury” but would not elaborate.

Carlyle did not rule out Niedermayer for Game 3 but said the winger was questionable. Niedermayer was injured midway through the third period Saturday.

Perry remains a question as he continues to recover from a surgically repaired torn right quadriceps, which has kept him out for five weeks.

He said he no longer feels pain but isn’t to the point where he’s completely comfortable after taking part in some battle drills with rookie Bobby Ryan.

Perry said he isn’t going to factor in the Ducks’ current series deficit, saying “I’ve just got to feel comfortable. It’s my career.”

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