Hiller shines as Ducks take Blackhawks 2-1

Jean-Sebastien came down with a slight flu so it was up to Jonas Hiller to grab the reins and he did just that. Hiller made several excellent saves against young Hawks stars such as Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp to lead the Ducks to a second consecutive 2-1 victory.

Patrick Sharp did beat Hiller for his 21st goal of the season, two more than all of last year, but it wasn’t enough.

Corey Perry opened the scoring very quickly for Anaheim with a goal 16 seconds in off a rush. Chris KUnitz then closed out the first period with under a minute to go by deflecting a Perry shot past Chicago netminder Khabibulin.

Anaheim will play again tomorrow night against Ilya Bryzgalov and the Phoenix Coyotes.