In Anaheim, Jakob Silfverberg and Cam Fowler scored to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead and then held off the Colorado Avalanche for a 2-1 win.
“I’m just trying to get more pucks to the net,” Fowler said. “Create more havoc down there.”
The victory ended a five-game losing streak.
Cam Fowler had a goal in Ducks win – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“It was a great team effort. Everybody did their jobs and there were no passengers,” Ducks assistant coach Mark Morrison said.
The Ducks improved to 25-32-9.
“I think we came out with a lot of energy,” Silfverberg said. “It was nice to get the first one. It has been a while.”
John Gibson made 25 saves for the win.
“We stuck to what we were doing and we gained momentum off that power play,” Ducks defenseman Josh Manson said. “We just kept going, which is nice to see.”
Derick Brassard scored the Avs only goal.
“We should be the desperate hockey team,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “We’re the ones that are trying to fight to get into playoffs. We’re sitting there right on the bubble and you got to come out like you mean it. We didn’t tonight.”
The Avs dropped to 28-26-12.
“When we have 16 games left, every game you have to go that way, that it’s a must win for us,” the Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen said. “There are teams that are getting hot. [Minnesota Wild] and Dallas [Stars] are winning games, and we have to be right there with them, so we can’t let these kinds of games slip.”
[WATCH: All Avalanche vs. Ducks highlights]
Philipp Grubauer made 21 saves in the loss.
“Our focus, at the start of the game, was we knew what we had to do, and we knew that it was an important game, regardless of where the team was in the standings behind us,” Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson said. “I don’t think it was preparation or anything like that. They were the hungrier team from the get-go.”
You must be logged in to post a comment.