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Anaheim (11-9-4) at Vancouver (12-9-2) 7:00 pm
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- The Anaheim Ducks easily dispatched of the Vancouver Canucks en route to their first Stanley Cup title last season. Ryan Getzlaf and the Ducks will aim to continue their success against the Canucks on Tuesday. It's the first meeting between the clubs since the Western Conference semifinals last May. Anaheim outscored Vancouver, 14-8, in the five game series, which was just an extension of its dominance in the regular-season series.

The Ducks won three of the four meetings last season, outscoring the Canucks 14-6 in the process. Overall, Anaheim has won six straight here and Getzlaf, who has a career best eight-game points streak will try and help to make it seven in a row. The third-year player, who signed a five-year, $26.625 million contract extension last Tuesday, scored a pair of goals to help the Ducks' rally for a 3-2 win over Los Angeles on Sunday. Getzlaf, who has 10 goals and team-leading 25 points, has six goals and six assists during his points streak. The play of Getzlaf has helped Anaheim win five of its last seven games after a 3-8 start. Meanwhile, Ducks goaltenders Jean-Sebastien Giguere will be happy to see the Canucks. The 12-year veteran is 7-0-1 with a 1.57 goals-against average in nine career games vs. Vancouver.

As for Vancouver, it has been playing well and would like to exact some revenge. The Canucks have won seven of their last 10 and are coming off a 2-0 win over Chicago on Sunday. No one would like to redeem themselves more from last season's playoff loss than goaltender Roberto Luongo. Luongo, who stopped 27 shots on Sunday, went 1-4 with a 2.31 GAA vs. Anaheim in the postseason.