The Ducks banished their Game 7 playoff demons when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers to win their second-round playoff series, but they haven’t killed all their postseason demons just yet.
In each of their previous two playoff series against the Nashville Predators, in 2011 and last year, the Ducks lost the opener at home. Make that three straight home-opening losses to Nashville now, following their 3-2 overtime loss Friday in the first game of the Western Conference finals.
Despite mounting yet another comeback in a postseason run full of rallies, the Ducks couldn’t finish this one off.