Mistakes are costly in Ducks' overtime loss to the Lightning
The Ducks played one of their stronger all-around games in recent memory, but self-inflicted wounds cost them a point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Honda Center on Sunday evening.
Ross Johnston and Pavel Mintyukov each scored a goal for the Ducks in regulation. Lukáš Dostál turned away 25 shots. Trevor Zegras, who was a game-time decision (ankle surgery), did not play.
Anthony Duclair and Luke Glendening accounted for Tampa Bay's scoring through 60 minutes before Anthony Cirelli slammed the door in OT. Jonas Johansson made 30 saves.
Tampa Bay started its No. 2 goalie after losing to the Kings in overtime on Saturday. It was without one of its star centers, Brayden Point, and its top defenseman, Victor Hedman, who were late scratches with lower-body injuries. The Lightning had been missing Mikhail Sergachev since early February (broken leg).
A missed opportunity for the Ducks became a golden one for the Lightning in the extra session when Mason McTavish committed a turnover during a three-onone jailbreak, leading to a two-on-none rush for Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel and Cirelli, who did not fritter away their chance to nab a second point 59 seconds into OT.
With 7:27 to play in regulation, two rookies nearly connected for a go-ahead goal for the Ducks when Olen Zellweger set up a redirection for Leo Carlsson from the slot, of which Johansson barely got a sliver. Carlsson would test Johansson anew, with a betweenthe-legs
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LIGHTNING 3, DUCKS 2 (OT)
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bid and another chance off a pass from Troy Terry. Terry had taken on multiple defenders to earn a shot that Johansson nicked narrowly with his glove.
Another rookie, Mintyukov, helped the Ducks reset terms with a tying goal off the rush, 2:36 into the third period. Nick Paul lost the puck to Brett Leason in the Ducks' defensive zone, sending him ahead with speed and a three-on-two rush. Leason dished to Max Jones, who quickly slid the puck to an unmarked Mintyukov, who rifled a wrist shot past Johansson for his fourth goal of the season.
After the Ducks dominated the first period analytically, near-misses for the
SUMMARY
Tampa Bay Ducks
First Period:
1, Ducks, Johnston 1 (Silfverberg, Meyers), 13:49. Penalties: Killorn, ANA (Boarding), 15:59. Raddysh, TB (Holding), 16:49.
2, Tampa Bay, Duclair 21 (Perbix), 7:50. 3, Tampa Bay, Glendening 10 (Watson, Jeannot), 17:00. Penalties: Hagel, TB (Holding Stick), 3:58. Motte, TB (Tripping), 4:57. Meyers, ANA (Cross Checking), 9:20. Vatrano, ANA (Roughing), 13:14. Dumba, TB (Tripping), 17:53.
4, Ducks, Mintyukov 4 (Leason, Jones), 2:36. Penalties: None.
5, Tampa Bay, Cirelli 16 (Hagel), 0:59. Penalties: None.
Tampa Bay 5-11-10-2: 28. Ducks 8-12-12-0: 32;
Tampa Bay 0 of 3. Ducks 0 of 4. Tampa Bay, Johansson 11-7-5 (32 shots-30 saves). Ducks, Dostal 11-191 (28-25).
0 (17,174). T: 2:25.
Second Period:
Third Period:
Overtime:
Shots on goal:
Goalies:
A: 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 — 3 0 — 2
Power-play opportunities:
hosts that led to square hits for the visitors defined the middle frame.
With three minutes left in the period, and 89 seconds after Jakob Silverberg shot a near-certain goal into the leg of Duclair, who was narrowly blocking an otherwise wideopen net, Tampa Bay took its first lead of the night.
Ducks defenseman Urho
Vaakanainen turned the puck over in the corner of the defensive zone, leading to a sterling redirection chance for the Lightning's Austin Watson. Though Dostál made a strong initial save, Glendening pounced on the rebound.
The tables turned in a similarly nauseating fashion when the Ducks failed to cash in on a two-man advantage that lasted over a minute. Less than a minute later, they were picking the puck out of the back of their net after a superb effort from Duclair at the 7:50 mark.
He found a deflected Jackson LaCombe outlet pass in the neutral zone, set up a shot for Nick Perbix and then vanished behind the net, only to reappear at the opposite side to fire a rebound to the far side past as Dostál slid into position to cover the near post.