AROUND THE NHL

The Mighty Ducks lost an exhibition to the Minnesota Wild, 5-1, Friday night in St. Paul, Minn. Sergei Zholtok scored two goals for Minnesota. Paul Kariya scored for the Ducks.

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The Ducks have 28 players after Thursday’s cuts. Most of the roster seems to be set, barring unexpected moves or injuries.

Forwards: Kariya, Steve Rucchin, Jeff Friesen, Marty McInnis, Matt Cullen, Mike Leclerc, Samuel Pahlsson, Timo Parssinen, Jonas Ronnqvist, German Titov, Dan Bylsma, Peter Tenkrat, Jim Cummins and Kevin Sawyer.

Defense: Oleg Tverdovsky, Keith Carney, Jason York, Vitaly Vishnevski and Ruslan Salei.

Goalies: Steve Shields, Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

The remaining competition is for two spots on the defense, among Pavel Trnka, Drew Bannister and Antti-Jussi Niemi.