"I think we have been playing pretty good throughout the last three weeks even in these last few games we have had some ups and downs but we have done a really good job making sure that the down periods haven't been too far," Silfverberg said. "\Even tonight I don't think we controlled the whole game but we managed to stay in the game and our lows aren't too low. We managed to find a way to win and have been playing pretty good lately, we are feeling pretty good about ourselves."
The Ducks hung on despite getting drastically outshot by the Panthers, 39-22, and goalie John Gibson made a couple of his 37 saves in the final minute with the Florida net empty.
"It seems that we have a different mentality," Gibson said of Anaheim's improved play of late. "We just needed to change the atmosphere, it's a little more upbeat and it just seems that we are playing more of a team game. I think the biggest thing I've noticed is our compete level, whether we are winning or losing."
Devin Shore provided the game's first goal a minute and a half into the game, and just 14 seconds into a Ducks power play, gathering in a long rebound and slinging it inside the right post.