Recap: Ducks' Winning Streak Snapped in 2-1 Loss to Carolina

Troy Terry extended his scoring streak to 16 games, but the Carolina Hurricanes scored a third-period goal to defeat the Ducks 2-1 tonight at Honda Center. The setback ends Anaheim's NHL-best eight-game winning streak and 10-game point streak (8-0-2).
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Terry extended his streak to 16 games with a first-period goal, keeping pace with Connor McDavid for the longest run in the NHL this season. Over the last 10+ NHL campaigns (since 2011), Terry, McDavid and Jack Eichel (17 games in 2019-20) are the only three players under 25 years of age to have point streaks of 16-or-more games.
Terry's streak is the third-longest in Ducks history and the longest since Corey Perry's club-record 19 game run, Oct. 21-Dec. 1, 2009 (10-16=26). The 24-year-old winger anks tied for second among league leaders in goals (12) and fourth in scoring (12-10=22). He paces the Ducks in both categories.
John Gibson made 29 saves but the Carolina victory snapped his personal seven-game winning streak. Gibson leads NHL netminders in time on ice (757:58) and ranks tied second in wins (nine) and saves (410).
"To be honest with you, it was a fun hockey game to play in," Terry said. "It was two good teams. I thought we had all the chances in the world to win that game...we're not happy with that and we're not happy just chalking it up to not getting the bounces. We know that we had chances to win that game, and that's the next step we need to take."
Carolina went ahead first just five minutes into the opening period as Martin Necas delivered a perfect backdoor pass to Ethan Bear, who beat Gibson with a quick shot just inside the near post to give the Hurricanes an early edge.
"I thought it was extremely tight, and we made two mental mistakes," head coach Dallas Eakins said. "Unfortunately, they ended up in our net. I think we're gonna learn great lessons from that."
Terry brought the Ducks even later in the period, extending his streak to 16 games. The Ducks attacked the Carolina zone, with Terry feeding a pass to Henrique cutting towards the net. Hurricane netminder, and former Duck, Frederik Andersen made the initial save, but Henrique poked the rebound back towards the crease and Terry got their first, tapping it home to tie the game.

Getzlaf drew the secondary assist and now has eight points (0-8=8) in his last five games. Getzlaf is tied for second among NHL leaders assists (19) and primary assists (12), and ranks tied for seventh in points (1-18=19). Henrique has found the scoresheet in four straight appearances (1-3=4).
"You play a good team, there's gonna be that back-and-forth, I think," Henrique said. "I guess you call that momentum throughout the game. You have to be able to manage it. They had good pushes at times. I thought we did too, maybe just not enough, maybe one or two more to get us on the other side."
After a scoreless middle frame, Carolina got a golden opportunity to reclaim the lead as Seth Jarvis was awarded a penalty shot in the opening minutes of the third period. Jarvis took his time on the attempt, trying to freeze Gibson with a sudden move, but Anaheim's netminder read it the whole way, denying the bid to keep the game level.
The Ducks had their chances to take the lead, but Andersen stood tall and Carolina broke through for the go-ahead goal. After Gibson made a save that carromed behind the net, Jarvis tracked down the puck and banked it off Gibson and over the line for his third goal of the season, putting the Hurricanes ahead with 10:26 to play in regulation.
Josh Mahura nearly tied the game with six minutes to play in regulation off a setup pass from Trevor Zegras, but Andersen stoned the Ducks defender with a strong right pad save to keep Carolina up one. That would end up as Anaheim's best chance to force overtime, as the Canes skated away with a 2-1 win, snapping Anaheim's win and point streaks.

"We had all kinds of chances tonight to win that game and they were able to get one on us in the third and shut it down," Terry said. "We're not happy with just playing with teams. Our mindset is different. We missed some chances. We had lots of chances to win that game tonight, and when we've got Gibby playing like that, we need to reward him and capitalize on some of those chances."
"I'm extremely proud of our guys," Eakins added. "I think we played 18 games in 37 days, that's almost at the top of the league. To get through that and to finally get a recovery day tomorrow, and then we can wake up on Saturday and not have to mentally prepare to play, and wake up on Sunday and not mentally have to prepare to play, is gonna be big for our group. I think we have a really fit team, but we're getting mentally tired, so I do welcome the break."
The Ducks return to action Tuesday, beginning a two-game road trip in Nashville.