FLA@ANA: Silfverberg nets backhand to give Ducks lead

ANAHEIM -- Jakob Silfverberg scored with 4:43 remaining in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks ended the Florida Panthers' four-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory at Honda Center on Sunday.

Devin Shore and Adam Henrique also scored, Ryan Getzlaf had two assists, and John Gibson made 37 saves for Anaheim (30-35-9), which has won six of its past nine games.
"We managed to find a way to win and have been playing pretty good lately," Silfverberg said. "We are feeling pretty good about ourselves."
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Evgenii Dadonov and Aaron Ekblad scored, and Sam Montembeault made 19 saves for Florida (32-28-12), which remained eight points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Montembeault lost in regulation for the first time in six NHL games.
"It's tough. We couldn't afford a loss tonight," Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau said. "It happens, but it's tough to swallow."
Silfverberg scored his Anaheim-leading 22nd goal off a feed from behind the net from Rickard Rakell.
Ekblad made it 2-2 at 3:33 of the third period, redirecting a pass from Huberdeau.

Shore scored a power-play goal off a rebound at 1:29 to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead, 14 seconds after Mark Pysyk was called for slashing Max Jones on his drive to the net.
"Tonight's goal was a bit of a lucky bounce, but if you're getting pucks to the net and getting bodies there, then maybe sometimes you get a lucky bounce," Shore said. "It's been going good lately, and hopefully we can keep it going."
Ducks forward Corey Perry nearly made it 2-0 at 14:49 of the first period when a shot by Silfverberg got between Montembeault's pads and was sliding toward the goal line. Perry was in position to push it across, but Panthers center Aleksander Barkov lifted Perry's stick and swept the puck away.
Florida scored 11 seconds into the second period to tie it 1-1 when Dadonov redirected Huberdeau's centering feed.
Henrique made it 2-1 at 12:04 of the second, less than eight minutes after he was denied a goal when Panthers defenseman Michael Matheson reached out with his stick and deflected a shot wide of an open net.
Henrique received a pass off the boards from Getzlaf and as he skated down the left side and into the Panthers zone. As he reached the slot, Henrique pulled the puck between Ekblad and defense partner Mackenzie Weegar and sent a shot past Montembeault.
"[Getzlaf] just made a heads-up play with the bank, just to give me a little bit of extra space," Henrique said. "I had (Ducks forward Corey Perry) driving backdoor there. I was looking to slide it over, and I kind of ran out of room, so I just tried to make a move and was fortunate enough that I got it through the seven-hole there."
Huberdeau had two assists to set the single-season Panthers record with 55, and Barkov extended his point streak to six games (two goals, 13 assists).
"The big line (Huberdeau, Barkov, Dadonov) was going and we didn't get much from anybody else, not for lack of effort," Florida coach Bob Boughner said. "That's why we've been winning. We've been finding ways to win lately because we're getting contributions throughout the lineup. … Tonight, we couldn't seem to find it.
"You're going to have nights like that, but you've just got to keep pushing."

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They said it

"This time of year it's tough, because you need every point. We know the guys are disappointed, but we've got find a way to regroup here and get to Dallas and feel good about our road trip and try and go 3-1 on this trip." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner
"Bob has been doing a really good job behind the bench, being very positive with us, and we're showing a lot of confidence right now and we're playing kind of simple." -- Ducks forward Max Jones on coach Bob Murray

Need to know

Huberdeau has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in the past six games; Dadonov has nine points (three goals, six assists) over the same span. ... The Ducks took a 1-0 lead in the first seven minutes for the sixth time in the past nine games. ... Silfverberg has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in the past nine games; Getzlaf has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the past five.

What's next

Panthers: At the Dallas Stars on Tuesday (8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-F, NHL.TV)
Ducks: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN3)

Silfverberg, Gibson power Ducks past Panthers