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DUCKS TONIGHT

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Opponent--San Jose Sharks.

Site--Pond of Anaheim.

Time--7:30.

TV--Channel 9.

Radio--KEZY-FM (95.9).

Records--Ducks 1-9-2, Sharks 5-5-3.

Record vs. Sharks--0-1.

Duck update--Their club-record eight-game losing streak already includes a loss to San Jose on Oct. 18, a 4-1 defeat in which the Sharks scored three short-handed goals. The Ducks gave up half a dozen more goals Wednesday in a 6-3 loss to Vancouver and have given up 50 in 12 games--an average of 4.2 a game and an incredible 30 more than either Florida or Detroit has allowed. Paul Kariya made his season debut Wednesday and added considerable spark to the lineup but was held without a point after scoring in all but 19 games last season. Guy Hebert will start in goal.

Shark update--They are off to a .500 start after posting the second-worst record in the NHL last season. The difference has been the signing of a number of older players, including Tony Granato, Bernie Nicholls, Ron Sutter, Kelly Hrudey, injured defenseman Marty McSorley and former Duck Todd Ewen, who is out because of a knee injury. “They went and gambled the most of all the teams during the summer on players nobody wanted to take a chance on,” Calgary Coach Pierre Page told reporters after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Sharks on Wednesday. Right wing Owen Nolan is among the league goal-scoring leaders with eight, and has a nine-game point streak, second-longest in the NHL behind Wayne Gretzky’s 14-game streak.

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