Ondrej Kase was sidelined for the first 18 games of the season, but now that he’s back, he wasted no time showing just how valuable he is to this Ducks squad.
The 23-year-old dazzled with his speedy skating, a skill desperately needed in the Anaheim lineup, and his offensive playmaking is everything the offense-starved Ducks could have hoped for.
With Kase back in the fold, the Ducks came alive with their biggest victory of the campaign, a 2-1 triumph in a shootout Monday at Honda Center to hand the NHL-leading Nashville Predators their first road defeat of the season.