If there is an exclamation point to the Ducks’ second-half push, Rickard Rakell essentially provided it Friday. His eye-popping overtime goal capped a 2-1 win against Edmonton and kept the Ducks humming along with their seventh straight win, the longest active streak in the NHL.
Here’s what we learned:
The Ducks can do the daily grind. They have been able to adapt to playing a low-scoring game lately as their past two wins have been by scores of 1-0 and 2-1. Both have been against teams out of the playoff picture, but Buffalo and Edmonton stubbornly gave them close games.