VANCOUVER — Anaheim has its Ducks in a row.
Ryan Kesler isn't surprised. It was back in late November, when the Vancouver Canucks were in Anaheim for a game, that Kesler emphatically declared that the then-struggling Ducks would find their way and make the playoffs.
It looks like he's going to be right.
The Ducks enter tonight's game (7 p.m., Pacific time, on Sportsnet Pacific, TSN 1040) just three points behind the Pacific Division-leading Los Angeles Kings and figure to be in the Stanley Cup conversation when the playoffs begin.
"We slowly crawled out of the dark hole we were in," Kesler said after this morning's game-day skate.