Anaheim could not have asked for a better opponent coming off a 5-day All-Star-break. Colorado, the last place team in the NHL (a whopping 10 points behind 29th place Arizona), came to Anaheim tonight for the teams 3rd contest of the month. Anaheim, after winning the previous two meetings this month, felt confident entering the game as they looked to add two more points before leaving for a 14-day, 6-game roadie.
The Ducks, however, started the game in a very lackadaisical manner. After an extended break, it’s always mentioned that it sometimes takes a team a bit to get their skates back underneath them, and that’s what we saw from Anaheim early in the first.