In Anaheim, Troy Terry’s second goal of the game came with 55 seconds gone in extra time to give the Ducks a 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night.
John Gibson made 44 saves in the Ducks win.
“[Gibson] makes a big save on a breakaway and then springs me up for a breakaway the other way,” Terry said. “The guy does it all. He’s our backbone. … Just to come back in front of these fans on opening night, it was infectious for us. You see the resiliency and how close this group is, and it’s something we can build on.”
Seattle scored three times off the power play, including goals from Jared McCann, Andre Burakovsky and Oliver Bjorkstrand.
“We came away with a point, but we liked the position we were in, especially going up 4-2 with an opportunity to lock it down,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “There’s a couple things we have to do better there. Little things make a big difference.”
Newcomers Ryan Strome and Frank Vatrano each had a goal for the Ducks.
“I thought in the third period we kind of turned the tables,” Strome said. “We put pucks behind their [defense], we played in their zone more, and some guys made plays. When we kept the game simple for ourselves, it was almost a tale of two tapes.”
Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken.
“It’s the fourth [power-play goal] that we wanted, we had the empty net,” Hakstol said. “We executed well and had a chance to get the game-winner there.”
Strome and Trevor Zegras scored off the power play for the Ducks; Zegras’ strike tied the, 4-4, to force the extra session.
“They had a good push and we’ve just got to figure out how to close those games,” Beniers said. “We played really well and it was just those last 10-12 minutes they had a good push and we didn’t have the best response.”
Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves in the Seattle loss.
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