Marchant OK, other practice notes

Some quick hits from Tuesday’s practice …

Winger Todd Marchant was back on the ice and said he is OK after he left Sunday’s game after being pushed into the end boards.

The veteran said he has soreness on his left side but is otherwise ready to go. 

“I felt like my entire body was somewhere else,” Marchant said. “But I felt pretty good today.”

Marchant was going after the puck when New York Rangers’ defenseman Dan Girardi sent him violently crashing into the boards. Marchant watched the replay this morning.

“I put myself in a bad position,” he said. “I was just trying to go to the net and I got turned and went into the boards.”

Overall, the Ducks turned their attention to shoring up their penalty killing and getting off to a better start. They must do so without James Wisniewski, a key penalty killer and top-four defender.

“It’s not an easy task,” Coach Randy Carlyle said. “We’ve got some youth in (Brendan) Mikkelson and (Luca) Sbisa, and (Ryan) Whitney and (Steve) Eminger, (Nick) Boynton and (Sheldon) Brookbank – I think those are the guys that are going to have to bear more responsibility.” …

The line rushes were back to normal, with five players wearing the third-line orange jerseys in practice:

Bobby Ryan-Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry

Joffrey Lupul-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selanne

Erik Christensen-Evgeny Artyukhin-Todd Marchant-Petteri Nokelainen-Andrew Ebbett

Ryan Carter-George Parros-Mike Brown

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