Gibson's 51 saves key Ducks' victory
Jakob Silfverberg and Troy Terry scored in the third period, and John Gibson stopped 51 shots as the Ducks beat Carolina 3-2 on Saturday night to end the Hurricanes' five-game winning streak.
John Klingberg also scored and Trevor Zegras and Ryan Strome each had two assists for the Ducks, who have won two in a row following a sixgame winless streak.
“It's hard not to talk about our goalie, first and foremost,” Terry said. “It's been unfair to him what he has had to do all year. It doesn't wear off just how spectacular he is.”
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jesper Fast scored for the Hurricanes, who lost for just the second time in their last 14 games. Frederik Andersen made 12 saves in what was a sour ending to a five-game homestand.
Gibson had 13 saves in the first period, 22 in the second and 16 in the third to improve to 12-23-6 on the season. Among his notable saves was stopping Brent Burns' redirect off Sebastian Aho's pass in transition to keep the game scoreless in the second period.
“I'm pretty tired,” Gibson
THE SCORE
DUCKS 3, HURRICANES 2
Up next: Blackhawks at Ducks, Monday, 7p.m., BSSC
SUMMARY
Ducks Carolina
First Period:
None. Penalties: Pesce, CAR (Tripping), 19:38.
1, Ducks, Klingberg 8 (Zegras, Strome), 16:18. Penalties: Kotkaniemi, CAR (High Sticking), 6:54; Shattenkirk, ANA (Holding), 8:21; Carrick, ANA (Roughing), 17:49.
2, Ducks, Silfverberg 8 (Zegras, Strome), 4:06. 3, Carolina, Kotkaniemi 11 (Slavin), 4:19. 4, Ducks, Terry 15 (Fowler, Lundestrom), 12:01. 5, Carolina, Fast 7 (Staal, Pesce), 13:35. Penalties: Skjei, CAR (Slashing), 10:13; McTavish, ANA (Interference), 10:37; Strome, ANA (Tripping), 17:42; Strome, ANA (Misconduct), 17:42.
Ducks 7-5-3: 15. Carolina
Second Period:
Third Period:
Shots on goal:
13-22-17: 52.
Power-play opportunities:
Carolina 0 of 4.
Ducks, Gibson 12-23-6 (52 shots-50 saves). Carolina, Andersen 14-5-0 (15-12).
18,818 (18,680). T: 2:30.
Goalies:
A: 0 0 1 0 2 — 3 2 — 2
Ducks 0 of 3. said. “Pretty good trip overall with five points, but we just have to keep going. Overall, nice to get the win.”
Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said Gibson was clearly up to the challenge.
“We play that game 10 times, we're going to win nine of them,” he said. “Unfortunate. We gave up some chances, but you've got to give up some in a game. Their goalie was good.”
That save on Burns' attempt came shortly before Klingberg's goal on Anaheim's 12th shot with 3:42 left in the period gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead. It was his eighth goal of the season.
Silfverberg's eighth goal came at 4:06 of the third to make it 2-0. He has scored in consecutive games for the first time this season.
Kotkaniemi answered just 13 seconds later with his 11th goal.
Terry got the next goal during a 4-on-4 set-up, pushing the Ducks' lead to 3-1 with 7:59 remaining. It was his 15th.
Again, the Hurricanes had a quick response as Fast scored 1:34 later for his first goal in 12 games.
“That's a sign of a very, very good team that they can respond that quickly,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said.
Carolina couldn't convert on a late power play despite pulling Andersen from the net.
Terry was in his second game since a seven-game absence with an upper-body injury. He also scored Thursday night at Washington. “I'm just trying to judge myself on if I'm an impact player or not, and I felt like tonight I was,” Terry said . ... Burns, a defenseman in his first season with the Hurricanes, played in his 737th consecutive game for the second-longest ironman streak among defensemen in NHL history.
The Kings will conclude their traversal of the New York metro area with a visit to Madison Square Garden, where they'll take on the Rangers today in what will be a matinee for fans on the West Coast.
It'll be the Kings' fourth game in six nights, and a back-to-back closer for the Rangers, who lost Saturday.
Thus far, the Kings have split their road trip, earning three of four points against the Devils and Islanders and three of six overall. They mounted leads in each of their two most recent games, building 2-0 and 3-2 advantages before falling 4-3 in overtime at New Jersey and protecting a 3-0 margin in a 3-2 win that was only tight thanks to a fluky goal by Isles defenseman Adam Pelech. New York was without Mathew Barzal once again. During their most recent homestand, the Kings had also seen some edges evaporate, most notably a 5-1 advantage that turned into a 6-5 squeaker that they won in a shootout against Arizona.
“Enough is enough, it's at that point. We're all good players here, we all can play defense and we've got to learn how to keep playing with the lead and we played a little better tonight,” said center Phillip Danault, who opened the scoring Friday.
Coach Todd McLellan, who also said the loss in New Jersey was distinct from the Kings' courting
Today: Kings at Rangers, 2 p.m., BSW
disaster against Arizona, said that although his club ended up playing in a onegoal game after holding a firm upper hand, he felt the details of its game were solid.
“They scored their second off (a skate), nothing we can do in that situation, but I was most impressed with what happened after that,” McLellan said. “We stayed calm, we checked very well, we blocked shots, won faceoffs, got the clears when we needed to, got off the ice when we needed to and got fresh guys out. We played like a team that can win in those situations.”
Friday's victory was also the third in three decisions for Jonathan Quick, and the 370th of his career. A resurgence from Quick, who had gone some 10 weeks without a win and lost his starting gig to Pheonix Copley, would be a welcome development for the Kings. He buoyed the Kings down the stretch last year on a narrow path to the playoffs. A Connecticut native and childhood fan of the Rangers as well as their goalie Mike Richter, Quick has often relished trips to the Garden, including in 2014 when he and the Kings beat the Rangers in the Stanley Cup Final.
To come nearer to returning to that level of competition, McLellan and his group have been emphasizing focus and consistency