The Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks face off on Thursday night in Game 2 of the Western conference first round of the playoffs and the Ducks will be looking to go up 2-0 and take advantage of the home ice as the series moves to its second game.
Teemu Selanne was one of the heroes for the Ducks in Game 1 and the veteran will be a key for the Ducks in Game 2 as the Red Wings look to equalize the series. The Honda Center will have the game and the Ducks will look to stay ahead of the Red Wings, who had a solid end to the season to make the playoffs to keep their two decade streak going.
The Red Wings ranked 19th in goals per game over the regular season and ranked fifth in goals against with Jimmy Howard mostly in net. The team ranked 15th in power play percentage and 12th in penalty kill percentage while finishing seventh in the Western conference. The Ducks got off to an historic to the season for the team behind the Blackhawks and the team ranked eighth in goals per game with nearly three per game. The team ranked ninth in goals against and fourth in power play percentage and 13th in penalty kill percentage
