In Anaheim Wednesday night, rookie goalie Andrew Hammond stopped 25 shots and the Ottawa Senators blanked the Ducks, 3-0.
It was the third straight win for the rookie,
“I didn’t see it coming,” Hammond said on TSN broadcast. “When you get thrust into action, you’ve got to make the best of it. I’m just having fun with it. I’m enjoying every moment.”
Erik Condra, Mika Zibanejad and Kyle Turris scored for the Senators.
“We didn’t execute,” forward Kyle Palmieri said. “We didn’t play well. They wanted it more than we did. Our forecheck was kind of lackadaisical, and we didn’t get to rebounds.”
John Gibson made 31 saves in the loss for the Ducks.
“That team outworked us and outplayed us,” Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler said. “We gave up too many opportunities to shoot. We can’t play like that.”
Hammond made several key stops early in the third as the Sens were holding a 2-0 lead and the Ducks were pressing.
“We can’t wait until the third period before we decide to play,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “We let them take the play to us. We were out-battled and out-competed.
“We weren’t looking ahead. We were playing a team that’s playing great right now. We face a super test Friday. We better pull our heads out of our butts or it’s not going to be pretty.”
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