Takeaways from the Ducks 5-3 Loss to the Flames

For their second game of a back-to-back, the Anaheim Ducks hosted the Calgary Flames on Saturday night at Honda Center. The Ducks were looking to quickly rebound from a disappointing 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday and return to the win column after going 0-3-1 in their previous four games.

Coming into Saturday, the Ducks were tied at the top of the Pacific Division standings with the Edmonton Oilers, but Edmonton held the tiebreaker. Ducks Recall Tyson Hinds to NHL, Assign Lucas Pettersson, Damian Clara to AHL Takeaways from the Ducks 6-2 Loss to the Blues The Flames were coming off two high-scoring affairs against the Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights, losing both games by a combined score of 15-5. The Ducks remained without defensemen Radko Gudas and Pavel Mintyukov, along with forward Cutter Gauthier.

Defenseman Tyson Hinds was recalled from the San Diego Gulls of the AHL prior to the game, and he made his NHL debut in this one. Here’s how the Ducks lined up in this game: Killorn-Carlsson-Sennecke Kreider-Granlund-Terry McTavish-Poehling-Viel Washe-Gaucher-Moore LaCombe-Trouba Hinds-Carlson Zellweger-Helleson Ville Husso got the start in the Ducks’ net and saved 15 of just 19 shots. He was opposed by Devin Cooley in the Calgary cage, who stopped 36 of 39.

Games Notes Offensively, this was one of the Ducks’ better efforts in recent memory and their best on this recent skid. They were maintaining possession and generating above-average looks, at times, shift after shift. Overaggression, high turnovers, and even bad bounces would spring Calgary’s wingers into the neutral zone on an odd-man rush or breakaway, where all four of their goals against Husso came from.