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Ottawa (37-23-6) at Anaheim (37-23-7), 7:00 pm, FSN

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- With just over a month to go in the regular season, the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks are on a roll. The Ducks face off against the slumping Ottawa Senators on Monday in the teams' first meeting since Anaheim defeated Ottawa in five games in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Anaheim has won five straight games and is 10-1-0 overall since the return of right wing Teemu Selanne, who has seven goals and five assists in the stretch since he returned to the Ducks. Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere is 8-1-0 with a 1.44 goals-against average in his last nine starts.

The Senators, who have fallen out of the top spot in the Eastern Conference, are coming off a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday that ended a three-game losing streak. It was the first victory for Bryan Murray, who relieved John Paddock of his coaching duties on Wednesday. "All I asked the guys to do was play their positions better, move the puck quicker and play with some emotion," Murray said. The game kicks off a four-game road trip for the Senators against Pacific Division teams. Ottawa is 3-5-2 in its last 10 games.