The Anaheim Ducks are having a difficult time getting out of their own way this season. Tuesday night was another frustrating loss for the Ducks as they dropped a 4-3 decision in extra time to the Los Angeles Kings.
LA’s Nick Shore struck for the game-winner with just a minute left in the extra session last night.
“It was a big game for us. It kind of took everyone,” Shore said. “We got down early there but battled back and were able to get it done.
“We had 2-on-1 coming down the ice, and [Brown] made a really good play. We got the D and the goalie to bite, and fortunately it went in.”
Jonathan Quick made 33 saves to pick up the win as the Kings improved to 11-2-2.
The Ducks led this one 2-0 and 3-1 before surrendering the lead early on in the third period.
Dustin Brown, Adrian Kempe and Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings in regulation.
“There’s really no quit in here. We get down two goals early, but it seemed like there was a sense of calmness on the bench. Nobody panicked. Nobody was running around like a maniac,” Kopitar said after the rally and win.
The Ducks’ goals came from Jared Boll, Rickard Rakell and Sami Vatanen.
Typical for Kings-Ducks game the third period got physical. The Ducks needed to defend seven shorthanded situations and the Kings struck once on those efforts.
“The emotion got high in the third period,” the Ducks’ Francois Beauchemin said. “We want to be physical at the same time, so we will take penalties, but we have to limit those, for sure.”
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John Gibson started for Anaheim but left the game in the third with an upper body injury.
“Certainly gratifying that the guys just stuck with it,” LA head coach John Stevens said. “There’s lots of times where we could have thought that it wasn’t our night.”
Ryan Miller finished the game for the Ducks.
“We all have to be ready to contribute. Happy to get that point, but a little frustrated we couldn’t get that second one to cap it off,” Miller said.
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