In Anaheim Friday night, Pekka Rinne made 35 saves for the Nashville Predators to help them to a 5-4 win over the Ducks.
Five different skaters struck for the Predators including Roman Josi, Scott Hartnell, Viktor Arvidsson, Matt Irwin, and P.K. Subban
The loss dropped the Ducks to 6-6-1 on the up and down season they have had so far.
Hampus Lindholm, Antoine Vermette and Jakob Silfverberghad the Anaheim goals in the losing effort.
“You can’t expect to win games when you’re letting in [three] even-[strength] goals,” Lindholm said.
The Ducks trailed 4-1 late in the second before they tacked one on late inm the period to make the third more interesting.
“The second half I thought we played pretty well,” Ducks forward Chris Wagner said. “We were involved in every aspect of the game. We have to carry that into tomorrow [at the San Jose Sharks].”
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John Gibson made 25 saves in the loss.
“I didn’t think we handled the puck and controlled the puck at all. We were making passes at our teammates’ feet,” Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle said. “It starts with execution. If you can’t make a tape-to-tape pass and share the puck with your teammates, you’re going to have a difficult time getting through the neutral ice.”
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