In Anaheim, Ryan Getzlaf played his 999th NHL game on Friday. He capped off the game with a breakaway goal midway through extra time to give the Ducks a 2-1 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
John Gibson made 39 saves to get the win for the Ducks.
“We were able to hold the fort, especially with Gibby,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said.
Troy Terry fed Getzlaf and pass from the low slot area to the Canucks blue line for the winner.
Adam Gaudette scored the Canucks’ only goal.
“It’s good to get a point,” Gaudette said. “We played hard, did well, just couldn’t get a few more goals out there.”
Jakob Silfverberg had a shorthanded goal in the win.
“It feels good to get the win, but we definitely have got to do something differently to start these games,” Eakins said.
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Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves in the loss. He gambled on the Getzlaf winner and came out of his net to challenge for the puck, but he missed and Getzlaf didn’t.
“That’s the only play there, obviously, when he is coming out,” Getzlaf said. “Make sure I get that puck as wide as I can and then it is easy from there.”
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