After an exciting 4-3 win against the Eastern Conference leading Washington Capitals on Friday night, the Anaheim Ducks are still holding down first place in the Pacific Division. However, week eight proved to be rather mediocre for the high-flying Ducks as they went .500, with wins over the aforementioned Capitals and Blues, and losses to the Blackhawks and Mammoth.
Not only was the loss to the Chicago Blackhawks disheartening, as Connor Bedard outplayed Leo Carlsson, but the loss to the Utah Mammoth was even more so, as that game devolved into a good old-fashioned, burn the tape kind of loss.