1 2 – 1 3 ▁Chicago ▁Black h aw ks , ▁who ▁went ▁ 2 4 ▁games ▁with ▁a ▁point . ▁Be hind ▁go alt ending ▁by ▁Jean - S eb ast ien ▁G igu ere ▁and ▁I ly a ▁Bry z gal ov , ▁an ▁off ense ▁head ed ▁by ▁Te emu ▁Sel anne ▁and ▁a ▁defense ▁anch ored ▁by ▁Scott ▁Nied erm ayer ▁and ▁off - season ▁ac quisition ▁Chris ▁Pr ong er , ▁the ▁D uck s ▁had ▁worked ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁N HL ' s ▁best ▁records . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 9 , ▁the ▁N HL ▁announced ▁that ▁Scott ▁Nied erm ayer ▁had ▁been ▁voted ▁by ▁the ▁fans ▁to ▁start ▁at ▁defense ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁All - Star ▁Game ▁in ▁Dallas , ▁Texas . ▁He ▁later ▁decl ined ▁to ▁appear , ▁dec iding ▁to ▁rest ▁a ▁stress ▁f ract ure ▁in ▁his ▁foot . ▁Ed ▁J ovan ov ski ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Co y otes ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁replace ▁him . ▁The ▁D uck s ' ▁Andy ▁Mc Donald ▁was ▁later ▁added ▁to ▁replace ▁Hen rik ▁Z etter berg ▁of ▁the ▁Detroit ▁Red ▁W ings . ▁ ▁Play offs ▁The ▁Ana heim ▁D uck s ▁ended ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 – 0 7 ▁regular ▁season ▁as ▁the ▁Western ▁Conference ' s ▁second ▁seed , ▁though ▁they ▁finished ▁tied ▁in ▁points ▁with ▁the ▁West - leading ▁Nash ville ▁Pred ators , ▁with ▁ 1 1 0 ▁points . ▁The ▁Pred