ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Four nights after defeating two different opponents in the same game, the Nashville Predators will begin their first extended road trip of the season when they face the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night at the Honda Center.The game will be the first between the teams since the Predators eliminated the Pacific Divisions defending champions in the first round of last seasons Stanley Cup playoffs. By winning the series final two contests, Nashville became the fourth successive team to eliminate the Ducks from the playoffs in Anaheim during a seventh game after the Ducks held a 3-2 advantage.The Predators 2-1 victory in Game 7 also cost Anaheim head coach Bruce Boudreau his job.Nashville enters the Wednesday game following a 5-1 win Saturday night against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Predators broke their three-game losing streak without center Mike Fisher, goalie Pekka Rinne and forwards Craig Smith and Colton Sissons, who were felled by a case of food poisoning that afflicted the team.The lack of depth forced the Predators to recall five players from their AHL affiliate in Milwaukee. One of the replacements from the minor leagues, goalie Juuse Saros, stopped 34 of 35 shots in just his second NHL game.We couldve gone out there and hoped our way through the game or waited for lucky bounces, Predators center Ryan Johansen said. Every guy in this locker room went out there and attacked the game in full force. We kept our composure, and Juuse was phenomenal.The four ill Predators returned to practice Monday, with Saros and two of the extra players returning to Milwaukee. But Nashville retained forwards Austin Watson and Harry Zolnierczyk from Milwaukee for the road trip. Forward Cody Bass, right winger Miikka Salomaki and defenseman Anthony Bitetto remain out with upper-body injuries.Were just making sure we have the numbers that we need, Predators coach Peter Laviolette told NHL.com. We have Bass on injured reserve for a little bit, we have Salomaki and Bitetto out, so our numbers are down, and were going on a trip.Meanwhile, the Ducks return home after a 2-1 overtime loss Tuesday night to the San Jose Sharks, Stanley Cup finalists for the first time last season. Anaheim started this season 0-3-1, just like last year, but won the next two games before the Tuesday loss.I thought both goaltenders and our penalty kill got us a point, Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said of the game in San Jose. We didnt create enough offense. We slapped the puck around and uncharacteristically didnt move the puck well.Ducks goalie John Gibson added, You get a point, you get a point, but if youre going to be satisfied with one point, youre not going to get very far. It was a division game, a big game.Corey Perry needs just one point to take over third place on the Ducks all-time list. Perry and Paul Kariya share third place with 669 points.Obviously, you know what he did for this organization, Perry told the Orange County Register. To have my name beside his is a tremendous honor and a tremendous feat for whats gone on in this organization as a whole. Cheap Nike Dunks For Sale . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Nike Dunks For Sale Online . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. http://www.nikedunkcheap.com/ .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. 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For us, he is the most important player in the team and I hope that he scores lots of goals, but he is not a machine. He is a human being. Even if he comes from another planet and is different, he also has the right to miss.Ronaldo also scored five goals in two games with Portugal, against Andorra and the Faeroe Islands in World Cup qualifying, but thats no reprieve to the demanding Madrid fans.He was jeered by the crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium after another disappointing performance in a 2-1 win against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.The fans demand a lot of players, Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. The Bernabeu is special and we know it. Cristiano knows it and he is used to it. The important thing is to continue with our work.Ronaldo has scored only two goals in the Spanish league -- in a 5-2 win against Osasuna in September and a 6-1 rout at Real Betis two weeks ago. 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He is set to return to the lineup on Saturday, when Zidanes team tries to defend its Spanish league lead against promoted Alaves.Sevilla, one point behind Madrid, plays at Sporting Gijon on Saturday, while third-place Barcelona hosts last-place Granada in its 1,500th game at the Camp Nou. Contrary to Ronaldo, Barcelonas Lionel Messi is enjoying one of the best starts of his career with 14 goals in 11 matches. He has more goals than Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema combined.Fourth-place Villarreal plays at Eibar on Sunday, and fifth-place Atletico Madrid, which led the league entering the last round, hosts Malaga on Saturday.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni. ' ' '