Ducks coach Randy Carlyle stressed the need for the Ducks to "hold serve" and win their games on home ice, but now, that strategy is finished, and the Ducks are left searching for answers after a listless performance to start the postseason.
"I've never heard of a team winning the Stanley Cup sitting in the penalty box," defenseman Hampus Lindholm said.
The slam of the penalty box door shutting echoed throughout Honda Center over and over as a parade of Ducks players entered and exited to the tune of seven minor penalties (the Sharks committed just three).