Despite a lack of respect, the Ducks’ John Gibson continues to perform well as he made 33 saves in a 4-1 Anaheim win Thursday over the Colorado Avalanche.
John Gibson got win in Denver – file photo by Brent Clark
“Our goaltending has been pretty good throughout the whole season,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “There has been maybe one or two games that I can think of that they wanted to be a little bit better. For the most part, those guys have played well.”
Jakob Silfverberg, Rickard Rakell, Ryan Kesler and Corey Perry scored for Anaheim who improved to 23-13-8 on the season.
Gibson has been variously maligned but is 7-1-3 in the last 11 starts.
Nathan MacKinnon scored in the period for the Avs.
“They had a couple of spurts where they came pretty hard,” Getzlaf said of Colorado. “In the second period they came pretty hard and our goalie made some saves, but I thought for the most part we did a pretty good job moving the puck effectively and getting out of our zone.”
Colorado is 1-10-1 in their last 12 homes games and are 13-26-1 on the campaign.
“The biggest thing that stands out for me is we get a chance, or two grade A chances with guys walking right down the slot, and we miss the net both times, [Nikita] Zadorov and MacKinnon,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “You’re trying to earn some quality scoring chances, and it doesn’t come easy for us, and when we get there we miss the net.”
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Semyon Varlamov took the loss on 28 saves.
Anaheim took the lead on Silfverberg’s goal before MacKinnon tied it.
“It’s always good to score the first one on the road,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “It kind of gets things going in your direction and puts a little doubt in their minds.”
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