In Anaheim Wednesday night, the Ducks were edged by the New York Rangers, 2-1, in regulation.
Kevin Klein, victimized by a steal in the first period, scored both Rangers goals.
“Two goals is nice, but the two points is the big thing,” Klein said. “They’ve got three lines that can really bring it, and I thought we did a good job defending out there. We battened down the hatches there at the end, and Raanta did great too.” 
Antti Raanta made 22 saves for the Rangers win.
“It was a really competitive game,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “Two teams battling real hard. You had to work for every inch. I thought in the second and the third we got better as far as creating better opportunities and we were able to score a goal in the second and a goal off the rush in the third that ended up being the game-winner.”
Jamie McGinn scored for the Ducks in the first period when Klein coughed up the puck to Corey Perry who fed McGinn the puck.
“I just didn’t think we executed well,” McGinn said. “We didn’t do some things we talked about in the room. They were playing fast and made us turn back and get pucks. I thought we had a good last five minutes of the second period where we started using our legs more. We created more turnovers and chances.”
Klein found a way to redeem himself with the two goals.
“I wanted a little redemption from that first goal against. That was my bad,” Klein said. “But the second and third we were kind of making plays and getting in on the forecheck and it was nice to see.”
The win pushed the Rangers back into second place in the Metropolitan Division and the loss kept the Ducks four points back of the Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific.
“Klein stuck with it and got us two big goals, but for me, it was a team game tonight,” Vigneault said. “I thought one of our better defensive games of the year. We didn’t give their top-end players a lot of looks and it was because of our compete level and our defensive structure.”
John Gibson took the loss on 21 saves.
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