Sam Colangelo and Brian Dumoulin scored but the Ducks could not complete a third-period comeback tonight in the second half of a road back-to-back, falling 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
Vancouver convincingly controlled play and piled up nearly 40 shots to grind out a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
After the J.T. Miller trade, one of the talking points surrounding the Vancouver Canucks revolved around faceoff. Subtracting Miller from the lineup left a big hole in this area as he was arguably the team's best faceoff taker.
Vancouver let opportunity slip away in a second period in which it looked slower than a flawed and inexperienced Anaheim, falling 5-2.
The Ducks have lost goaltender John Gibson during Wednesday night's game against the Canucks; he won't return.
Before suffering an injury in the second period, Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson put his name on the "save of the year" list on Wednesday.
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