Ok, sure, the Ducks were pumped for 8 big ones last night. But did the Ducks play as badly as the score line would indicate?
Arguably, the answer is no. Sure it took ~12 minutes before John Gibson stopped a shot, but through the first period and at even strength, the Ducks broke even on corsi attempts, tripled Florida’s scoring chances, and had them beat for high danger chances. Overall conditions, the Ducks came out on top in all of those categories. The period may have ended 3-1, but the process as a whole yielded some positive results.