Jonas Hiller made 42 saves on 44 shots Sunday to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 win over San Jose and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference quarterfinal series. Bobby Ryan, Andrew Ebbett and Drew Miller scored for the Ducks -- who beat the top-seeded Sharks for a second straight game on San Jose ice. Ryane Clowe and Jonathan Cheechoo scored for the Sharks -- who came into the series with a 32-5-4 regular-season home-ice record and captured the President's Trophy for putting up the best NHL regular-season record in 2009. Ryan opened the scoring at 3:45 of the first, getting a power-play goal after assists by James Wisniewski and Ryan Whitney.

Jonathan Cheechoo's power-play goal with 6:41 remaining Sunday lifted the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Jeremy Roenick and Joe Pavelski scored the other goals for San Jose, which is three points ahead of Boston in competition for the President's Trophy, which goes to the NHL team with the best regular-season record. Petteri Nokelainen and Corey Perry scored for Anaheim. Winning goalie Brian Boucher turned back 19 shots. Jonas Hiller had 23 saves for the Ducks, who hold seventh place in the Western Conference, two points ahead of Nashville and St.

Evgeni Nabokov allowed only a second-period goal Thursday and San Jose equaled the team's single-season victory record with a 2-1 win over Edmonton. Nabokov made 24 saves in lifting the Sharks to their 51st triumph of the season, tying a franchise record set two years ago. San Jose also moved six points in front of Detroit for the best record in the Western Conference and stayed three points ahead of Boston for the best record in the NHL.

Evgeni Nabokov stopped 28 shots and Dany Boyle and Jonathan Cheechoo scored goals Monday to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 win over Calgary. Joe Thornton had assists on both goals in the Sharks' second straight victory. Jarome Iginla scored Miikka Kiprusoff finished with 15 saves for the Flames, who lost for the third time in four games. The victory gives the Sharks 111 points and a four-point lead over the idle Detroit Red Wings for the best record in the NHL. Despite the loss, Calgary leads the Northwest Division with 92 points -- but its lead over second-place Vancouver is just one point.

Jonathan Cheechoo scored in the third round of the shootout Thursday night, giving the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over Nashville. Playing for the first time since they wrapped up a playoff spot Sunday, the struggling Sharks improved to 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. All four regulation goals came in the