From a bruising, grind-it-out team to a high-end skating outfit built to score. The Ducks ran the gamut of opponents in 48 hours, from the Kings on Tuesday to the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, who were as good as advertised in a 5-1 win against the Ducks on Wednesday.
Here’s what we learned:
The Ducks got a lesson on how they want to play
Pittsburgh displayed a transition game that fed off hounding forechecking — exactly the formula for how Anaheim and most other teams want to play.