All that optimism the Ducks engineered Wednesday when it seemed like they finally broke though? Kiss it goodbye. Randy Carlyle’s bunch was outplayed from start to finish.
“It brings you back to earth in a hurry,” the Ducks coach said. “The bottom line is our performance was one we’re not proud of and we all have to share the responsibility of why it happened and how it happened and get ourselves ready.”
The Ducks had trouble just advancing the puck past the red line. They registered just five shots in the opening period, and 21 total.
“It was just embarrassing really … we weren’t willing to do anything to win the game and the score was indicative of that,” Andrew Cogliano said, the discontent clear in his voice.