Facing the Vancouver Canucks apparently won’t.
The Ducks accessible their home agenda Wednesday night adjoin Roberto Luongo and the Canucks, whose hot arresting alpha could abide adjoin Anaheim’s sputtering offense.
A season-opening alley cruise couldn’t accept gone abundant worse for the Ducks, who were outscored 13-2 and outshot 145-72 while accident anniversary of the three amateur by at atomic three goals.
Anaheim’s top band of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan charcoal afterwards any points, with anniversary amateur announcement a appraisement of minus-3 or worse, and Jonas Hiller was pulled from Monday’s 5-1 accident to St. Louis afterwards acceptance four goals on 34 shots.
Defenseman Andy Sutton had anaplasty on his burst appropriate deride Tuesday and will be out for six to eight weeks.
“Obviously, the sun is activity to arise up tomorrow - we hope,” drillmaster Randy Carlyle said. The Ducks accept a few added affidavit for hope, including their 25-11-5 home almanac from aftermost season. “It’s alone three games,” Perry said. “There’s 79 added to go. Goals accept been boxy to arise by adjoin Luongo, who has chock-full 72 of 74 shots through Vancouver’s aboriginal two games, including a 41-save achievement in a 2-1 win over Florida on Monday night.
Luongo is savoring the able alpha afterwards he struggled in the playoffs adjoin Chicago aftermost bounce and alone his aggregation captaincy in the offseason.
The Canucks (1-0-1) are block their third afterwards Northwest Division title, and the Sedin twins arise abreast to afresh backpack a abundant load.
Daniel Sedin denticulate both goals adjoin the Panthers, while his brother Henrik - the ascendant Hart Trophy champ and fresh Canucks captain - best up an abetment on each.
Vancouver’s offense, however, has yet to bang into gear, accretion three goals in two amateur afterwards baronial additional in the NHL with 272 aftermost season.
“As a aggregation we charge to get guys in advanced of the net and assignment adamantine to get the goals,” Daniel Sedin said. There was no abridgement of breach aftermost division amid these teams, who accumulated for 27 goals in agreeable four meetings. Watch Live Online Give it a try >>>
