In Anaheim Tuesday, John Gibson made 39 saves to out-duel Carey Price in a 2-1 Ducks win over the Montreal Canadiens.
“We knew it was a big game,” Gibson said on Anaheim’s website. “It was a good test. They’re the best team in the League and everyone wants to see how they stack up against the best. We played well. There were spurts when they dominated and there were spurts when we had lots of good possession and played how we wanted.”
Rickard Rakell and Cam Fowler each scored for the Ducks in a tight match.
“Our start wasn’t very good,” Fowler said. “Before we were five minutes into the game, they had [eight] shots and we had nothing. They had their legs and were ready from the start. It might’ve caught us off guard a bit, but we started to get into it. We stayed in the game with some big saves from [Gibson].”
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Price made 36 saves in the losing effort.
“It’s never fun to lose,” Price said. “Looking back on it, there’s always things you wish you would have done a little bit different to change the outcome.”
Andrew Shaw scored for the Habs as time was winding down in the third period to break Gibson;s shutout bid.
“Both teams got a lot of quality scoring chances, and both goalies played really well,” Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. “I really liked the way we got out of the gate tonight. I thought we were ready to play, we tried to dictate the game. I didn’t like the way that we played in the second. They put pressure on us and we didn’t react the right way, but we gave it all we got in the third.”
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