SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Jean-Sebastien Giguere spent four games

on the bench thinking about how he embarrassed himself and the rest

of the Mighty Ducks. When the Anaheim goalie returned from his

timeout, he personally made it up to his teammates.

Giguere stopped 34 shots and Todd Fedoruk scored in the second

period of the Mighty Ducks' second shutout win in San Jose in 10

days, 2-0 over the Sharks on Saturday night.

Giguere sat out the Ducks' previous four games while Ilya

Bryzgalov enjoyed another strong stretch in his rookie season,

including a 2-0 victory for his first NHL shutout at the Shark Tank

on Jan. 26.

There also was a disciplinary aspect to Giguere's absence: He

blew his top in his previous start against Edmonton, getting 16

minutes in penalties after becoming enraged by Ryan Smyth's play in

front of the net. Giguere twice chased down Smyth to attack him

while also giving up five goals on 25 shots.

"I thought I owed one to my teammates after the way things went

against Edmonton," said Giguere, who posted his second shutout of

the season and the 21st of his career. "I was a little bit ashamed

of myself (and felt) a bit childish about how I overreacted. My

wife said I acted like a 2-year-old."

But the 2003 NHL playoff MVP returned in outstanding form for

the Ducks, making several big saves in the first period and

remaining strong in the third during a pair of two-man advantages

for the Sharks.

Teemu Selanne scored his team-leading 26th goal into an empty

net with 32 seconds to play for the Ducks, who got their fourth

victory in five games with another defensive gem against their

Pacific Division rivals.

"Giguere had, simply, a great game," Sharks coach Ron Wilson

said. "Five-on-3, he made some great plays. The guy was just dead

bang on. He wasn't giving up rebounds, and he's catching things. He

was the difference."

Three days after San Jose posted a 6-4 victory in Anaheim with

three power-play goals, the Sharks were 0-for-8 with the

man-advantage in just their second shutout loss of the season.

Evgeni Nabokov made 22 saves for the Sharks, who are off to a

terrible start in a five-game, pre-Olympics homestand that could be

a key to their playoff hopes. After a shootout loss to Minnesota on

Thursday night, the Sharks couldn't solve Giguere, who posted his

second shutout of the season and the 21st of his career.

"He came back with fire in his eyes, and that's what you expect

out of an athlete," Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. "I was just

expecting him to give us one of his best, and that's really what

you expect every night."

After 32 dull, scoreless minutes, Fedoruk exploited the San Jose

defense's sloppiness with a clever shot off Nabokov's back from

behind the goal. Fedoruk corralled the rebound of his own tip

attempt on Jason Marshall's slap shot and then banked it off

Nabokov, who failed to cover the post properly.

"I just saw a spot behind him and threw it at the net,"

Fedoruk said. "Every time you score from behind the net, it's a

little luck."

Andy McDonald got the second assist on Fedoruk's goal, giving

him seven assists in four games. He has scored in seven straight

games overall.

After dominating on the power play in Anaheim three days ago,

the Sharks couldn't duplicate it. They wasted 83 seconds of 5-on-3

advantage in the first period, then failed to score during another

5-on-3 and a 6-on-4 in the third.

"We had our chances on the power play, and we definitely could

have used a big goal," captain Patrick Marleau said. "We tried a

lot of shots. Maybe we should have worked it around a little more.

When we do that, though, we say we need to shoot more."Game notes
The Sharks are deep in negotiations with Nabokov on a

contract extension, but general manager Doug Wilson said reports of

an agreement are premature. ... Fedoruk's goal was his first since

Jan. 7. ... Four-game scoring streaks ended for Joe Thornton and

Jonathan Cheechoo.