A 5-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres last night has propelled the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-2-0 season record. However, their recent win has overshadowed a glaring issue in their current system. The exuberant amount of penalties the team has taken has been a source of frustration for the fans, and last night, they took it to the extreme.
Between the Sabres and the Ducks, 21 penalties were taken. The two teams spent a combined 42 minutes in the sin bin. There were only 18 minutes throughout the entire game when both teams were playing 5-on-5. Although Buffalo wasn’t an innocent party by any means, the Anaheim Ducks took a majority of the penalties, with 12.