Ducks 3, Kings 1
Dan Ellis made 43 saves and the visiting Anaheim Ducks rolled into the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday for a home-and-home sweep to end the regular season.
The Ducks (47-30-5), who clinched their playoff spot with a 2-1 victory over the Kings on Friday and have won three straight, finished fourth in the Western Conference and earned home ice in the first round.
Anaheim will play Chicago if the Blackhawks defeat the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. If Chicago loses, the Ducks will meet Nashville.
Brandon McMillan, Saku Koivu and Francois Beauchemin scored for Anaheim.
Ryan Smith scored and Jonathan Quick made 17 saves for the Kings (46-30-6), who outshot the Ducks 44-20.
Los Angeles will play Vancouver in the first round if Chicago wins or loses in overtime or in a shootout. If the Blackhawks lose in regulation, the Kings will play No. 2 San Jose.
Ellis' best stop came on captain Dustin Brown's shorthanded breakaway midway through the second period. Seconds later, Beauchemin gave the Ducks a 3-0 lead at 8:54.
Perry, a Hart Trophy candidate for league MVP, won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the leading goal scorer with 50.
The Ducks' Lubomir Visnovsky finished with 68 points, and leads Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom by six as the NHL's top scoring defenseman.
The Kings finished the regular season with 11 goals in seven games without leading scorer Anze Kopitar (knee).
Anaheim's Teemu Selanne fought Los Angeles' Brad Richardson with 3:22 left. It is believed to be Selanne's first fight since his rookie season of 1992-93.