In one of the biggest Anaheim Ducks wins in a long time, John Gibson made 26 saves to backstop a 3-0 win over the visiting New York Islanders.
The win was notable for ending the Isles’ 17-game point streak. 
“I think everybody stepped up,” Gibson said. “We talked a lot about being better in front of the net and blocking shots, and the [defense] did a great job in front of the net and the forwards did a great job of blocking shots.”
New York had not lost in regulation since October 11.
“Guys have committed a lot over a long time, and we’ve won different ways,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “It’s just reality. We didn’t play well enough tonight to deserve to win. I think our guys are good enough pros to understand that. I’m not going to kick any cans or anything like that.”
Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler and Ondrej Kase scored for the Ducks.
“I just felt like we didn’t let up throughout the game,” Getzlaf said. “We sustained what we wanted to do, a lot less turnovers at their blue line, kept the puck moving forward and got rewarded for it.”
Gibson made 16 of his saves in the opening frame.
“It’s obviously a great challenge; they were the hottest team in the League, so easy game to get up for,” Fowler said. “We believe that we can compete with anybody if we play consistently for 60 minutes, and we did that tonight. It’s a big win for our group.”
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Thomas Greiss made 20 saves in the loss.
“We wanted to jump on them early; I thought we did,” Trotz said. “We weren’t able to find the back of the net. They got their legs under them in the second, they dug in. I think we were looking for another sort of easy period like the first. We weren’t willing to commit enough in the second and third.”
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