March 6th, 2017

The Ducks haven’t been able to string together consecutive wins since mid-January, and they failed again on Sunday night against Vancouver.  The Canucks surprised Anaheim with a 2-1 win at the Honda Center.

The surprise was Canucks goalie Richard Bachman, who made his first appearance of the season for the Canucks.  The 29-year-old made 43 saves, and got his first win since October 30, 2015.  Vancouver is now 6 points out of the playoffs after beating the Kings and Ducks on back-to-back nights.

The Ducks fell behind 2-0, after Bo Horvat and Markus Granlund scored in the 1st two periods for Vancouver.

Anaheim got on the board in the 3rd period when Patrick Eaves knocked in a shot off a pass from Ryan Getzlaf.  However, they would get no closer despite having their chances.

The Ducks had two 3rd period power plays, but didn’t do much with them.  In fact, Anaheim had just three power plays in their last two games, and has scored just once in their last 35 opportunities.

“They did a good job of getting in lanes,” Eaves said. “We threw a lot at the net — we threw things from the sides, from all over the place … unfortunately it didn’t bounce out to one of us.”

Anaheim outshot Vancouver 19-4 in the 3rd period, but they couldn’t solve Bachman, and had trouble getting quality shots on net.  The Canucks blocked 17 shots.

The Ducks are still tied for 3rd place in the Pacific Division.  They’ll take on Nashville on Tuesday night at the Honda Center before hitting the road for a couple of games.