Broadcaster Carroll Expected Back Saturday

Mighty Duck radio broadcaster Steve Carroll, hospitalized last week after experiencing high blood pressure, is expected to return to work Saturday, when the Ducks play the Kings at Staples Center.

Carroll was taken to a hospital in Toronto last Wednesday morning and returned to Anaheim the next day. He was treated at an Anaheim hospital after a Duck game March 11.

Mike Greenlay has been handling the radio broadcast alone.

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The Ducks will be without forward Mike Leclerc and defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski for tonight’s game against the Dallas Stars.

Leclerc, who has 15 goals and 35 points, has been sidelined the last five games because of a strained stomach muscle. Vishnevski suffered a sprained left shoulder in Sunday’s 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

TONIGHT

at Dallas, 5:30 PST

Fox Sports Net 2

* Site--Reunion Arena.

* Radio--XTRA (690).

* Records--Ducks 24-37-8-5, Dallas 41-24-6-2.

* Record vs. Stars--0-3-0-1.

* Update--The last-place Ducks are 6-1 in their last seven games. First-place Dallas has a four-game unbeaten streak. Right wing Paul Kariya has eight goals and 11 points in nine games. Left wing Jeff Friesen, acquired in the deal for Teemu Selanne, has a goal and seven assists in the six games since the trade. Dallas will be without defenseman Gerald Diduck (broken ankle) and center Joe Nieuwendyk (strained groin). Mike Modano has seven goals and 17 points in the Stars’ last 12 games.