Bobby Ryan scores twice in Ducks' 3-2 win more than Avs - By: Leroy Hubbard

Giguere spent 8 1two seasons with the Ducks and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 2007.

You be concerned for a second, but you realize there is a bigger job at hand, Ryan said. We still had the lead. The urgency was there. We realized that there were two points we required to get and didnt want them to slip away. Jean-Sebastien Giguere allowed the three targets on 18 shots against his former team. Giguere spent 8 1two seasons with the Ducks and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 2007.

The Ducks are 8--1 in their past nine games to move inside 11 points of the No. 8 spot in the West.

The Avalanche outshot Anaheim 15-2 in the first period, but nonetheless discovered themselves down 1-.

The Ducks scored on their initial shot, taking advantage of O'Reilly's turnover at the Avalanche blue line. Ryan picked up the puck and beat Giguere with a wrist shot on a short-handed breakaway at 2:49.

Getzlaf scored at 20 seconds of the third period with Colorado's Shane O'Brien off for delay of game for sending the puck out of play late in the second. The Ducks won the opening faceoff and Teemu Selanne raced down the appropriate side, wrapped behind the net and fed Getzlaf. A video critique confirmed that the puck crossed below the sprawled Giguere.

Getzlaf then set up Ryan's aim at three:56 with a pass from deep in the Anaheim zone. Ryan has 19 goals this season. He extended his points streak to eight games and has 14 points in his final 13 games.

The Ducks scored on their first shot, taking benefit of OReillys turnover at the Avalanche blue line. Ryan picked up the puck and beat Giguere with a wrist shot on a brief-handed breakaway at two:49.

Getzlaf scored at 20 seconds of the third period with Colorados Shane OBrien off for delay of game for sending the puck out of play late in the second. The Ducks won the opening faceoff and Teemu Selanne raced down the proper side, wrapped behind the net and fed Getzlaf. A video review confirmed that the puck crossed below the sprawled Giguere.

Getzlaf then set up Ryans aim at three:56 with a pass from deep in the Anaheim zone. Ryan has 19 goals this season. He extended his points streak to eight games and has 14 points in his final 13 games.

"It is frustrating, but we've got to move on with the positives," Giguere mentioned. "There was a lot a lot more positive to our game than negative. We do not have anything to get down about. We've just got to move on and be concerned about the subsequent game now."

I think our guys deserve a lot of credit, they didnt mail it in, Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said.

Ducks have won seven of eight in the series. ... Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson missed his second straight game due to the fact of a groin injury. ... Anaheim was with out defenseman Toni Lydman simply because of an illness. ... The Ducks reassigned proper wing Kyle Palmieri to Syracuse of the AHL on Sunday, a day following the former first-round pick was recalled.

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