"It's one of those games like, man, you really want to get both points so that the team can feel rewarded for a good road game," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins added. "Overall, we did a great job. Goaltending was excellent straight across the board, and those are important to try to get both points, so there's a reward. But coming into a building like this and grabbing a point is certainly a step in the right direction. And we still have a chance to get .500 on the road here."
The Ducks sit 6-16-3 on the season and are 0-1-2 heading to today's finale of the four-game trip. They'll face a Winnipeg team looking to rebound from a 4-1 loss to the Blue Jackets Friday night, in which former Jet Patrik Laine scored twice against his original NHL team.
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Jets, including a 5-0 victory over the Avalanche.
"No team goes 82 wins and zero losses,"
forward Pierre-Luc Dubois said
. "We got chances. They had quick chances and took advantage of them. There were spurts in the game where we had momentum and were going around the zone. I thought the power play could have got us going, and it didn't. That doesn't help. But it's a long season. Like I said, you can't win all 82. And we've got to learn from this one."
"We're in a dogfight to make the playoffs," Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. "Every game is important, I don't care who we play … And as I told them after the game, it's on every individual to look at yourself first. Don't look at anything else. Look at yourself first and foremost."
