Ducks blow it in third period
They can’t protect a two-goal advantage; Mangiapane has a hat trick for the Flames.
CALGARY, Canada — The Ducks let a two-goal lead early in the third period slip away and the Calgary Flames rallied for a 6-4 victory Monday afternoon behind three goals and an assist from Andrew Mangiapane.
It was Mangiapane’s first career hat trick.
“Obviously, it was nice to get the first one out of the way,” the 23-year-old left winger said. “Confidence is big in this league. Every game you play, every move you make, you’re growing as a player.”
Leading 2-1 after 20 minutes, the Ducks made it 3-1 at 3 minutes 5 seconds of the third period when Nicolas Deslauriers’ shot from the sideboards caromed sharply off the skate of Flames defenseman Michael Stone and went over goalie Cam Talbot’s shoulder.
But the Flames responded with five consecutive goals.
“I wish I could stand out here and say that we quit playing, but goals two, three, four and five, we had the puck on our stick, all under full control,” coach Dallas Eakins said. “Goals two, four and five are just simple breakout plays that our guys make with their eyes closed and for some reason we wanted to complicate it by either coming up the strong side or going to the front of the net.”
Adam Henrique, Jakob Silfverberg and Devin Shore also scored for the Ducks. Ryan Miller made 37 saves.
“It was more us giving it to them than them taking it to us,” defenseman Hampus Lindholm said. “We, as a team, need to find ways to win those games, especially a road game, 3-1 in the third, that’s a very good position to be in.”
Mangiapane completed the hat trick with an emptynetter, taking a pass from Johnny Gaudreau.
“There was no way [Gaudreau] was going to shoot that puck,” coach Geoff Ward said.