The visiting Anaheim Ducks will look to vastly improve on their impressive record when they take on the Dallas Stars Friday night at 8:30 pm ET.
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Anaheim (7-1-1) opened a six-game trip Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Colorado. Victor Fasth made 31 saves for his first shutout as he lowered his goals-against average to an NHL-best 0.98.
Fasth could be the difference Friday for the Ducks, who went 1-5-0 against the Stars (5-5-1) last season.
Kari Lehtonen went 4-1-0 with a 1.40 GAA in the season series, including shutouts in Anaheim's last two trips to the American Airlines Center.
While Lehtonen is a good bet to make his ninth start of the season, Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau has to choose between the surging Fasth and Jonas Hiller, who is 3-1-1 with a 3.54 GAA.
Hiller has posted a 3.04 GAA in losing his last six starts against Dallas. Fasth, meanwhile, is the first goalie to win his first four starts since Nolan Schaefer did it for San Jose in 2005.
Boudreau has not named his starter for Friday.
Meanwhile, Jamie Benn led Dallas with eight points against Anaheim last season while Michael Ryder and Alex Goligoski each tied for the team lead with three goals.
Anaheim's Teemu Selanne had a team-high five points in the season series and Koivu a team-best three goals but Ryan Getzlaf came up empty in the six games.
Getzlaf, with a goal and four assists, has one point in each of his last five games.
Dallas has been short-handed a league-high 54 times. Anaheim owns one of the NHL's best power plays at 26.7 percent.
