One pretty play by the Ducks made up for a game full of disconnected passes and disjointed play.
Corey Perry to Patrick Maroon to Rickard Rakell was as clean a sequence as the Ducks have had this season, and Rakell’s tie-breaking finish gave them a much-needed 3-1 win Wednesday as the season turns.
Here’s what we learned:
The re-shuffled lines worked … for now. Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau again broke up Perry and Ryan Getzlaf in a continuation of Sunday’s game. Perry’s line got the game-winning goal and Getzlaf’s line another goal.