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Stoner in, Wisniewski out as Ducks go big for Game 1 against Jets

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Go big at home the Anaheim Ducks' mantra as they open their first-round series against the Winnipeg Jets.

and Corey Perry, defencemen Clayton Stoner and Simon Depres are in over James Wisniewski and forward Emerston Etem replaces Jiri Sekac.

Coach Bruce Boudreau praised the six-foot-three Stoner as "the best defenceman on the ice" in Minnesota's first-round series a year ago and expects him to match up well against the Jets along with partner Sami Vatanen.

"He rises to that occasion and has in the past," Boudreau said of Stoner.