Ryan Getzlaf
Predators take a page out of the Ducks playbook to advance to Stanley Cup Final
As it turned out, the Ducks didn’t have a monopoly on resilience in the conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Until then — and even into the third period of what was their season finale — they had excelled at overcoming deficits, bowling over obstacles, and getting contributions from youngsters after established players suffered significant injuries. Then the Ducks met the Nashville Predators, who used that same formula but took it to a higher and more successful level.
In a six-game series that had mean overtones, the Predators gave nearly as good as they got, an aspect of their game that had always been missing. As the No. 8 seed they overcame their lack of home-ice...
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How the Ducks and Nashville Predators match up in the Western Conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs
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Ducks get some R&R before facing Oilers in Game 7 of playoff series
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The Ducks have crossed this bridge so many times they know every bump in the pavement.
The ultimate destination is quite familiar as well.
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Ducks even playoff series by defeating Oilers 4-3 in overtime of Game 4
Ryan Getzlaf made history Wednesday. But more important, he may have also saved the Ducks’ season, scoring two goals and assisting on two others in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series.
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