Niedermayer sibs have Ducks flying

Their scoring has given Anaheim home-ice advantage against Detroit.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Anaheim Ducks' brother act, Scott and Rob Niedermayer, have been bonding on the postseason score sheet.
Scott scored the winning goal in the Ducks' 4-3 overtime victory in Game 2 that evened the Western Conference finals against Detroit. That victory gave Anaheim home-ice advantage heading into tonight's contest against the Red Wings.
Rob opened the scoring for the Ducks, then helped end it when he fed his brother for the winner.
"He sort of gave me a yell, and I just chipped it to him. He made a great shot," Rob said of Scott's goal at 14:17 of overtime in Sunday night's game in Detroit.
Dynamic duo
A couple of games earlier, the brothers teamed to end another contest.
Rob leveled Vancouver's Jannick Hansen to jar the puck loose deep in the Canucks' zone. The puck squirted across to Scott, and he quickly got off a wrist shot from the left point that beat Roberto Luongo for a 2-1 victory in the second overtime.
That win wrapped up the conference semifinal series in five games.
"It's great. The playoffs are a special time for all of us players, and to go through it with Scott like this," said Rob, a forward. "It was special last year, and this run, it's been great.
"It's something we talked about before he made the decision to come here. It was a big decision for him. It's worked out well with him coming here and us playing together."
Former Devil
Scott, a 33-year-old defenseman who is 16 months older than Rob, left New Jersey to sign with the Ducks in August 2005, deciding to join his brother instead of taking a deal with the Devils that would have paid him more than his four-year, 27-million contract with Anaheim.
Scott, the 2004 Norris Trophy winner and a finalist this season to be the NHL's top defenseman, has two goals and five assists in the Ducks' 12 postseason games. Rob has two goals and two assists.
Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said the brothers are quite different on the ice, but similar in outlook.
"They're two opposites, really, in my perspective. One [Rob] is a big winger, puck-controlling, strong skater, strong along the wall," the coach said. "The other guy is more of an effortless type of skater. He floats on his skates.
"Robby Niedermayer has that ability to control the puck in the corner. Scotty is more adept with the stick."
The two have other things in common, though.
"They both have a burning desire to play the game," Carlyle said. "They both enjoy the game dramatically."
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