Ducks end drought in shootout
They finally win on the road with goals in shootout by Rakell and Comtois.
DUCKS 3 MINNESOTA 2 (SO)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Rickard Rickell and Max Comtois scored in the shootout and the Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 for their first win in six road games.
Rakell and Cam Fowler scored for the Ducks in a dominant first period during which they had a 14-1 advantage in shots on goal and the Wild lost center Eric Staal to an injury.
Ryan Hartman put the Wild on the board in the second and Ryan Donato tied the score early in third when Zach Parise hustled behind the net to knock Ducks defenseman Josh Manson off the puck and set up his teammate in front of the net.
Donato had a breakaway early in overtime that Ryan Getzlaf thwarted with a tripping penalty, and the Wild failed to convert on the power play for the fifth time.
Ducks goalie John Gibson denied Parise in the shootout, and Kevin Fiala went wide right on his shot.
After losing consecutive 3-2 games to Washington on Friday and at Winnipeg on Sunday, the Ducks took the lead barely three minutes in. Sam Carrick’s wrist shot was stopped but not controlled by Wild goalie Kaapo Kahkonen, and Jakob Silfverberg swooped in to snag the rebound and slip it across the crease to Rackell for his ninth goal of the season. About seven minutes later on a power play, Fowler zipped a one-timer through traffic that Kahkonen, screened by Ducks center Adam Henrique, did not appear to see.
Staal, tied for the team lead with 21 points, collided headfirst with linesman
David Brisebois after chasing the puck along the boards and was down on the ice for a few minutes before slowly leaving with assistance for examination.