Selanne points way for Ducks

Teemu Selanne did his best to shrug off the moment even if everyone around him made a big deal about it during the game and afterward.

A four-goal outburst by the Ducks in the second period was enough in a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night at the Honda Center, but it was an assist by Selanne that drew all the attention as he became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer.

The Ducks (33-23-7) used a little bit of everything in the middle 20 minutes to get themselves back on track after a loss to Pacific Division-leading Dallas on Friday. Selanne naturally played a part in his seventh game since rejoining the Ducks after the All-Star break.

Rookie Ryan Carter gave Selanne his 670th point with the Ducks when he got a nice lead pass from the forward to break in on goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and put the puck between his legs. A standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 17,174 soon followed and was acknowledged by the popular Selanne.

“There’s a lot that has been written and said about it and those things are things you should be proud of,” said Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle, who played with Selanne in his final NHL season in Winnipeg. “He should be proud of that.”

Selanne overtook his good friend, Paul Kariya, in setting the Ducks’ point mark in his 563rd game with the club. Kariya needed 606 games to get 669 points.

Before he met with reporters, Selanne posed for photographs in the dressing room, holding a puck with the number “670” written on it.

“It’s not a big deal,” said Selanne, who has the Ducks’ most career goals with 314. “I’m not a big stat guy. The numbers don’t really mean much right now. Someday, when I look back on what I achieved here, then it’s going to be more special.”

Scott Niedermayer, who put in one of the Ducks’ two power-play goals, said “it doesn’t take a rocket scientist” to figure out the 37-year-old’s lasting appeal to the team’s fan base.

“People love him and you can see why,” Niedermayer said. “He’s obviously an exciting player to watch. A great guy, a fun guy. He’s got a big smile on his face all the time.

“It’s great to have him around. For the fans, for us players, we love it.”

Calgary took a 1-0 lead on Daymond Langkow’s first-period goal. Ryan Getzlaf erased that only 17 seconds into the second period when he held the puck as if he had it on a string and whistled a wrist shot past Kiprusoff for his first goal in 11 games.

“Obviously, the last little while has been a little rough,” Getzlaf said. “A couple of open nets and I hit the post. You go through those throughout the year. My linemates have picked me up along the way.”

Carter’s goal made it 2-1 and then the Ducks got their power play turned on.

After the team went three for 35 with the man advantage in 10 games, Niedermayer delivered nine seconds after Flames captain Jarome Iginla was called for cross-checking. Chris Pronger then ripped in a slap shot for his 12th goal just as a two-man advantage ended.

With that, the Ducks stayed six points behind Dallas in the division and have five games remaining on their longest homestand of the season.

“Your special teams need to respond,” Niedermayer said. “We need to kind of get that going. Get the power play rolling a bit. Get some confidence. Get the guys feeling good about what their jobs are out there.

“Hopefully, this is the start of it.”

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