Ducks put home winning streak on the line in battle with Red Wings

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02/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks will try to post their ninth consecutive win on home ice tonight when they return to the Honda Center to battle the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

The Ducks return to California following a season-long six-game road trip and having salvaged the finale of the swing with a 3-0 victory over the Panthers on Monday. Anaheim won the final two games of the trek to finish 3-3-0.

In his first start since signing a four-year contract extension on Friday, Jonas Hiller turned aside all 33 shots faced for his second shutout of the season and sixth of his career. The performance also came just one day after Anaheim traded its other goaltender Jean-Sebastian Giguere to Toronto for netminder Vesa Toskala and forward Jason Blake.

"I think we played a pretty good road game tonight. [The Panthers] played [the previous] night so we tried to keep the pressure up," Hiller said. "I'm happy with the win. It was a really important two points for us."

Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist, while Teemu Selanne scored in his first game back since suffering a broken jaw versus Boston on January 13. Corey Perry had the other goal and Blake recorded two shots in just four 14 minutes of action in his Ducks debut.

Toskala has yet to join the team due to immigration issues.

Anaheim is 16-8-2 at home this year and is on its longest home winning streak since a franchise-record 10 consecutive wins from February 17-March 26, 2008. The Ducks' current run includes a victory over the Red Wings on January 5, their first versus Detroit this year after losing the first two meetings in Motown.

That victory stopped Anaheim's five-game overall series losing streak and was the fifth in the last seven meetings at Honda Center.

Detroit comes in with a 4-3-4 mark over its last 11 games, but last night's 4-2 win over Western Conference-leading San Jose moved it into a tie with Nashville for the final two playoff spots in the West with 64 points. Anaheim is five back of the two clubs.

The Sharks netted the first two goals of last night's game, but Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary both scored in the first period to tie the game before Derek Meech and Patrick Eaves netted third-period markers to lift the Red Wings.

Jimmy Howard stopped 32 shots in the win and he has turned aside 124 of the last 129 shots he has faced over his last three starts (2-0-1).

Tomas Holmstrom returned to the lineup after missing 13 games with a broken foot and had two assists, but Niklas Kronwall sat out the third period of last night's game with an ankle issue and could miss this contest.

The Red Wings improved to 1-0-1 on a five-game road trip.

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