On Tuesday, the Anaheim Ducks took their road show to Ottawa, and handed the Senators a 3-2 loss after the skills portion of the evening’s events.
The Ducks have won five of their last seven.
Ondrej Kase scored in regulation and penalties for the Ducks – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“We’ve seen some nights where we played very well, and in a couple of losses we were quite gross,” Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins said. “Tonight, we were very lucky. I’m not sure we got what we deserved tonight. That was not a very good game by us, but (goalie) John Gibson held us in, and we got some timely scoring.”
Gibson made 30 saves in the win.
“[Gibson], on a nightly basis, is a top-tier goalie,” Eakins said. “And tonight I think he showed that. … If he’s not on his game tonight, we don’t have any points.”
Drake Batherson and Artem Anisimov were the Senators’ strikers in the game.
“You want to win those games,” Senators head coach D.J. Smith said, “and you put pressure on the guys to do that, but in saying that, we’ll get up tomorrow and feel good that we did a lot of good things here tonight. We continue to get better. We’re in games with everybody. As we get older and more mature, we’ll win more of these.”
Nick Ritchie and Ondrej Kase scored for the Ducks in regulation.
“That was a good one,” Ritchie said. “Good shot by Hampus and [I] got a piece of it, and tough one for the goalie to get. It was a good start for us, at the time.”
Kase and Rickard Rakell had goals in the penalties phase of the game.
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Marcus Hogberg made 26 saves in the loss.
“It just shows we’re in these games, at least,” Ottawa’s Mike Reilly (two assists) said. “This is something we can build on for the future, for sure. Obviously, there could be some extra points we could pick up, but we’re putting ourselves in those situations to get those two points.”
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