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Anaheim winger Dustin Penner, center, celebrates his third-period goal with teammates Joffrey Lupul, left, and Todd Marchant against Colorado on Thursday. The Mighty Ducks won 4-1 to sweep the series and advance to the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons.

Chris Kunitz beat Brisebois to the puck, washing out an icing call early in the second period. Andy McDonald got the puck out of the corner and fed it to former Avs forward Selanne for his fifth goal of the playoffs and a 2-1 Anaheim lead.

Early in the third, Lupul passed the puck out of the zone, and Brisebois whiffed at it at the opposite blue line, leading to a 3-on-1 Ducks break. Marchant passed to Penner for the goal at 6:07.

“I had some problems,” Brisebois said. “The second goal I really had trouble. I know it was icing and I lost sight of the puck. I never saw the guy go by me. I tried to touch up the puck and I didn’t get it. I went to the other side and that guy beat me to it.

“After that I couldn’t do anything.”

Colorado coach Joel Quenneville said the Avs will have to reshape themselves this offseason to match the faster pace that the Ducks displayed all series.

“Look at the teams that are leading and still alive in the playoffs, from top to bottom they have quickness,” he said. “You can call it the Super Trifecta: they have size, they have speed, they have skill, and they have youth.”

And now they have some time off to catch their breath, too.

Notes: The Ducks’ other sweeps both came in 2003, over Detroit and Minnesota on their way to the Stanley Cup finals, which they lost to New Jersey in seven games.

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NJ blows three-goal lead, but Ryan Carter's late goal helps No. 6 seed beat NY Rangers 5-3, move within one win of Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday.

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  In New York, New Jersey took Game 5 with a 5-3 win and lead the series 3-2. The Rangers fought back from an early 3 goal deficit in the first period to tie the game early in the third period, only to see the Devils score two unanswered goals to win the game.

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