Games in which the Ducks have matched their tight defense with an offensive outburst have been rare this season -- almost count-on-one-hand rare.
Sunday was an example of how good the Ducks can be when they give their goaltending the proper goal support. They jumped on the Winnipeg Jets early and didn’t allow much, if any, wiggle room in a 4-1 win.
Here’s what we learned:
Rickard Rakell is fun to watch.
Rakell had a goal and an assist but perhaps more impressive were two scoring chances in which he stick-handled around two defenders for a shot and danced around another on a separate play.