Injuries forced the Ducks to play four rookie defensemen Sunday against Colorado and the outcome was inevitable. The explosive Avalanche capitalized on the Ducks’ defensive disarray, erasing a 3-1 deficit to win on an overtime power-play goal by NHL scoring leader Mikko Rantanen. The Ducks are 3-8-4 in their last 15 games. “Every time the trainer walks in the room you’re saying, ‘No, please not today, again,’ ” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said of the injury parade. “You can’t control it. The only thing you can control is what you do. When those things happen to you, you have to be the Rock of Gibraltar and say, ‘Hey, we can take that.
What we learned in the NHL last week: The Ducks are hurting in more ways than one
