Thu Jan 3 04:59:31 2008

Comment | Email | Print

Pronger, Ducks edge Jackets

---

Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Chris Pronger registered a goal and an assist, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Honda Center.

Ryan Getzlaf also posted a goal and an assist, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 26 saves for the Ducks, who halted a two-game slide.

Andrew Murray scored the only goal and Pascal Leclaire stopped 32-of-34 shots for Columbus, which had a two-game winning streak broken.

Getzlaf lit the lamp at the 3:03 mark of the first when he elevated a backhander over the right pad of Leclaire.

Columbus knotted the game at one with 4:01 remaining in the opening frame. Giguere turned aside Sergei Fedorov's offering, but Murray, playing in only his third career NHL game, buried the rebound in the back of the net for his first career NHL goal.

Anaheim scored a power-play goal late in the second off a fortuitous carom. Pronger snapped a shot from the left point that redirected off the glove of Columbus defenseman Ron Hainsey past Leclaire with 15 seconds left.

In the third, Columbus failed to score on a pair of power plays and, with the time dwindling down, pulled Leclaire in favor of an extra skater, but could not slip the puck behind Giguere.

Game Notes

Anaheim has won six of the last nine meetings...Getzlaf has tallied two goals and six points during his five-game point streak...Todd Bertuzzi collected an assist on Pronger's marker to extend his point streak to five games (two goals, three assists)...Anaheim finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Blue Jackets failed to convert on their five opportunities...Before the game, Anaheim acquired forward Brandon Bochenski from the Boston Bruins in exchange for defenseman Shane Hnidy and a sixth round pick in the 2008 draft...Prior to the game, Columbus activated forward Manny Malhotra from injured reserve.