In a rare NHL event, and in fact, a rare event for the Ducks, Anaheim took a 2-0 lead on Wednesday night on home ice held that lead for a shutout of the Dallas Stars. 
John Gibson made 35 saves for the 2-0 win,
“I thought everybody played well. It was a good team game,” Gibson said. “When there were rebounds, they cleared them away.
“They had a good push in the third period, but we found a way just to keep them to the outside. A lot of guys at the end there blocking shots, so it was a good team effort.”
The Ducks moved to 11-24-4.
Adam Henrique scored all the offense the Ducks would need when he gave them a 1-0 early in the first period.
“Definitely goaltending has been a big key in this little stretch that we’ve been having here,” Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg said. “We’ve kind of been doing the right stuff all throughout the year, but it just hasn’t really gone our way. … We’re pushing at the right time, we’re working as a four-man unit out there, but obviously we’ve been having some unfortunate bounces.”
The Stars dropped to 23-11-6.
“When you’ve got a goalie that’s hot like that, you’ve got to get in his eyes, you’ve got to make it tough on him, you’ve got to take pucks to the crease,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “We should have done a better job of that.”
Mason McTavish pushed the lead to 2-0, also in the first.
“We kept it simple, got our feet moving early,” McTavish said. “Got kind of lucky with just putting pucks on net. That was kind of the game plan. Anything can happen.”
Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves in the Dallas loss.
“We have a lot of days off coming up here,” Dallas forward Tyler Seguin said. “Get some good practice days in and just reset and refocus and definitely move on from this.”
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