Ducks hope to rebound, stay alive in Game 4 against Sharks

SAN JOSE -- The Anaheim Ducks were talking about moving on as fast as possible one day after the worst Stanley Cup Playoff loss in their history.

They have no choice.
The Ducks trail the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in the Western Conference First Round with Game 4 of the best-of-7 series at SAP Center on Wednesday (10:30 p.m. ET; GOLF, SN1, TVAS2, NBCSCA, PRIME).
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San Jose scored four second-period goals to win Game 3 8-1 here Monday.
"I think it was a night that you want to forget as soon as possible," Anaheim forward Andrew Cogliano said Tuesday. "It was a night that was, I think, embarrassing for everyone involved in our organization.
"And for a game that you really want to push to win and lose 8-1, there's no words to really describe it."
Ducks coach Randy Carlyle managed to find a few words shortly after a full practice.
"I just think it got to a point where it didn't matter what we did," he said. "We were shooting ourselves in the foot. We were self-destructing. When you self-destruct, you've got to look yourself in the mirror and say why. And that's what we're doing."
The Sharks are 4-1 in series they have led 3-0, the loss coming in the 2014 first round against the Los Angeles Kings.
The Ducks are 0-3 in series when they have lost the first three games.
"Obviously we know the situation that we're presented with and we have to take a singular approach and focus on the first shift, the first period and continue and build on that," Carlyle said.
"You meet it head-on and you play to everyone's mind and soul. We have to leave here tomorrow night knowing we put everything we possibly could into winning this hockey game."

The Ducks' worst playoff loss had been Game 6 of the Western Conference Second Round last season against the Edmonton Oilers, 7-1. Anaheim won 2-1 in Game 7.
But the Ducks seem to be a shadow of that team. They have scored three goals in the series, and forwards Adam Henrique and Corey Perry have no points after combining for 99 in the regular season.
Penalties have hurt Anaheim, starting with seven minors in Game 1. When the Ducks were pressing for the tying goal late in the third period of Game 2, Perry took an interference penalty with 3:43 remaining.
San Jose has had at least one power-play goal in each of the three games and is 6-for-17 with the man-advantage. On top of that, the Sharks are scoring off odd-man rushes seemingly at will -- Carlyle pointed out Anaheim has given up six goals off the rush -- which is rare for the playoffs.
The Sharks may be much faster than in previous seasons, but the Ducks have had something to do with those goals in transition, Henrique said.
"We're not helping ourselves," Henrique said. "You can make a team certainly look faster than what they are sometimes. I think we have to clean up things and not feed into that, part of their strength."
Cogliano said, "Anyone looks fast on 2-on-1s. They're a good skating team. They push the pace. But I'd look pretty fast going down the ice with odd-man rushes all night too.
"That's the difference. We were on the forecheck last night. We had some good zone time … but when you continuously give up easy plays up the ice and 2-on-1s and odd-man breaks, that's when a team really looks like they're skating above and beyond you."
The Ducks, whose only lead in the series was for 9:01 during the first period of Game 2, said they need to find a blend of desperate and smarter hockey.
"The last three games, we just haven't done that," Cogliano said. "And that's why we've lost. If we can give ourselves the best chance to have success and bring our heart and bring our pride and character to the game, we'll give ourselves a good opportunity to win.
"If they're going to beat us, we're going to force them to play their best game."