The improbable has become routine for the Ducks, who have yet to find a playoff hurdle they can’t overcome — even when they sometimes put that hurdle in their own path.
The course of the Western Conference finals appeared to change Thursday when the Nashville Predators scored twice in the third period — the last time with 35 seconds left in regulation— to erase the Ducks’ lead and restore the roar of a sold-out crowd that hadn’t seen the home team lose a playoff game at Bridgestone Arena in six tries this spring and 10 in a row dating back to last season.