ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Even the Anaheim Ducks are a bit surprised to be the first team through to the second round of the NHL playoffs.
Although the Ducks fully expect to contend for the Stanley Cup, they never imagined they would start the postseason with a sweep of the Winnipeg Jets, who entered the playoffs as one of the league's best teams.
Instead, the Ducks rallied from a deficit to win all four games of the series, capped by a 3-2 victory in the clincher on Wednesday night in Winnipeg.
Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau says he would have been lying if he had predicted a four-game sweep.