Mironov Catches on Quite Quickly

Coach Ron Wilson was still raving about about newly acquired defenseman Dmitri Mironov. Mironov stepped off an airplane Wednesday, spent a quarter of an hour learning the Mighty Ducks’ system, then played a pivotal role in a 2-2 tie with the New York Islanders.

“Once he figures out our system . . . I mean we only spent 15 minutes with him at the chalkboard,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to get him out there learning on the ice in 3-D. He did a pretty good job anyway.”

Mironov, traded to the Ducks from Pittsburgh in a four-player deal Tuesday, will play on the power-play and penalty-killing units. He also will fill the role of physical defenseman that Fredrik Olausson, a power-play specialist who was sent to the Penguins, could not.

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Winger Paul Kariya is now wearing a mouth guard as protection against further concussions. He sat out two games after Toronto’s Mathieu Schneider elbowed him in the head last week. . . . Winger Teemu Selanne has scored at least one point in seven consecutive games (three goals, seven assists).