Anaheim played a strong game overall Tuesday night, using new line combinations and winning all the early puck battles, but ultimately succumbed to too many mistakes as Minnesota would finish the game scoring four unanswered goals.
The first period started off with a bang, as the Ducks played an uncharacteristically strong opening 10 minutes. They possessed the puck well enough that it felt like a constant power play with lines changing midway through offensive shifts.
Head Coach Dallas Eakins changed the line combinations, having Adam Henrique anchor Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie, while Sam Steel was slotted between the power pairing of Rickard Rakell and Jakob Silfverberg.