The Ducks lost for the seventh consecutive time, and are now just one game shy of tying their franchise record losing streak of eight games set in 1996. Randy Carlyle is surely on the hot seat amid this stretch, and the Ducks could be playing to save his job. Here's what we learned from the Ducks' 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday:
The Ducks still are missing several key players to injury, and that's likely buying Carlyle time, but he can't feel safe. After all, the coach was already fired once by Ducks general manager Bob Murray.