Corey Perry notches 35th playoff assist to pass Selanne on Ducks' all-time list
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As if Teemu Selanne wasn't threaded throughout the narrative enough.
Corey Perry passed the Anaheim Ducks legend in the team's record book in Game 1 on Thursday, collecting his 35th Stanley Cup Playoff assist on Sami Vatanen's first-period goal versus the Winnipeg Jets.
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Selanne, of course, collected his first of 44 career postseason assists back in 1993, when he broke into the league with the Jets - or at least their previous reincarnation.
Perry is now second behind Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, whose dished out 49.