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The slumping Arizona Coyotes face the not-so-mighty Anaheim Ducks in the first of two in Southern California.
The Arizona Coyotes (12-13-4 28 pts) will mercifully face someone other than the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night and Saturday in Southern California. The Anaheim Ducks (8-16-6 22 pts) host the Coyotes after losing in humiliating fashion to the powerful Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday evening 8 to 4. The Ducks were up 4 to 2 in the first period, but the wheels ultimately fell off their “not-so fast” victory bus and, after being struck by the Avalanche freight train, it crashed and burned.