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If the Ducks aren't done, they might as well be.

Winners of 14 of 20 games before last month's Olympic break, the Ducks had climbed within three points of the eighth and final Stanley Cup playoff position in the NHL's Western Conference.

Talk about ancient history.

Tuesday's mostly uninspired 5-2 loss to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that had dropped 6-0 decision the night before at Los Angeles, left the Ducks with a four-game losing streak since the Olympic break and in 13th place in the West, seven points behind the eighth-place Calgary Flames.

"You can't come out of a break looking for a playoff run and then drop four straight—it's unacceptable," Ducks wing Bobby Ryan said.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have known for quite some time that they likely won't return to the playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks are starting to realize a similar predicament. Jakub Voracek scored the first of Columbus' three power-play goals and had two assists, leading the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the fading Ducks on Tuesday night.

Saku Koivu had Sunday's game against the Montreal Canadiens circled on his calendar, but it was the late collapse by his new team that he'll remember most.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Being on the ice when the team he captained for the previous 10 seasons tied his new club in the final seconds of regulation wasn't how Saku Koivu envisioned his first game against the Montreal Canadiens.

Being on the ice when the team he captained for the previous 10 seasons tied his new club in the final seconds of regulation wasn't how Saku Koivu envisioned his first game against the Montreal Canadiens. But as fate would have it, that's exactly what occurred Sunday night. The Canadiens rallied with goals by Brian Gionta and Andrei Markov in the final 1:50 of the third period, and Tomas...

Ilya Bryzgalov brushed off his latest milestone in typical fashion. Bryzgalov made 32 saves for his seventh shutout of the season and franchise-record 34th win of the season and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 on Saturday night. "It's nice but I'm not chasing any records here," Bryzgalov said.

When Peter Mueller's looping shot from the blue line somehow eluded Jonas Hiller, the Colorado Avalanche's newest forward had trouble believing he could celebrate. For a guy who felt he hadn't got a break all season in Phoenix, Mueller's goal was a breakthrough -- and a key reason Colorado was able to break the longest home winning streak in the Ducks' history.

TORONTO - Brian Burke said it best, as he often does.

TORONTO - Aaron Ward is pretty sure something is going to happen. The veteran Carolina Hurricanes defenceman is not sure what that will mean, or where he will land when the NHL trade deadline tolls, but he and his wife of 15 years have been preparing for the worst.

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