Ryan Kesler recently told Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau that he was tired of losing. Not much more could have been asked of him Friday night.
In an often nasty game in which Anaheim could have easily folded after a second period heavily tilted toward St. Louis, Kesler scored two goals, fought the Blues’ star player, induced a penalty and nearly won it with two chances in overtime.
Ryan Getzlaf scored in the fourth round of a shootout and goalie John Gibson made one final save to finish off a monster 4-3 comeback win at Honda Center. Kesler’s effort was indicative of perhaps Anaheim’s most hard-earned win of the season.