Ducks push aside Coyotes, 3-1

In Anaheim, the Ducks scored twice in the first period and went to hand the visiting Arizona Coyotes a 3-1 loss, on Friday night.

Arizona is 0-10-1 to start the new season.

“Not happy about the way we behaved,” Coyotes head coach Andre Tourigny said. “Not happy about the way we worked.”

Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves in the Ducks win.

“I thought we played 60 minutes tonight,” Stolarz said. “I thought we did a good job keeping their chances to the outside. They only had probably two or three quality chances from the slot. Guys were blocking shots, we were cycling in the offensive zone, and kind of any time they had any kind of momentum, we kind of killed their cycle. … We just played the right way tonight.”

Shayne Gostisbehere scored the Coyotes lone goal.

“Mentally, we had a lack of urgency,” Tourigny said. “I understand we’re in a tough situation, but nobody will feel sorry for ourselves, so we need to show more character in our situation.”

Adam Henrique opened the scoring with less than a minute gone in the game for a 1-0 lead to Anaheim.

“We’re playing in the offensive zone,” the Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf said. “We’re putting the puck in the net when we’ve got the chances.”

Sonny Milano pushed the Ducks lead to 2-0 with a strike near the end of the first period.

“I don’t know if it’s growth, or what it is,” Anaheim head coach Dallas Eakins said. “I will say this, we have three guys out of our top six out of the lineup, [Max Jones is] another key guy that’s out. We’re plugging and playing guys right now and with that comes opportunity. Those games against teams that haven’t won, those are dangerous games. You don’t want to be that team now.”

Anaheim’s Sam Carrick made it 3-0 midway through the second period.