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The Lightning (14-2-2) tallied once on the
power play to complete their California sweep with their fourth
win in a row while extending their road win streak to six games.
Tampa Bay avenged a 4-3 loss to the Ducks at home on Oct. 28.
The Ducks (7-7-3) got spectacular goaltending from John Gibson
in the 35-save loss. Anaheim has won only one of its last six
games, with two overtime losses.
Tampa Bay went ahead 2-1 at 7:18 of the third on Brown's first
goal of the season. Ryan Callahan poked a puck free of the
Anaheim defense behind the Ducks net. Chris Kunitz passed it to
Brown in the left slot. He fired a wrist shot into the top
corner past Gibson's catching glove.
Neither team scored in the first period. The Lightning blitzed
the Ducks with 17 shots and forced multiple turnovers. Gibson
faced two breakaways.
Tampa Bay opened a 1-0 lead on the power play at 9:12 of the
second period when Vladislav Namestnikov scored his ninth of the
season.
Steven Stamkos passed from the point to Nikita Kucherov at the
right faceoff dot and Kucherov whipped a one-timer. Gibson came
across in full splits to make a pad save. Anaheim defenseman
Sami Vatanen failed to control on the clearing attempt, and
Namestnikov swept the puck behind Gibson.
Most of the play in the second period centered around Gibson,
who made 12 saves.
The Ducks tied the game 1-1 at 3:48 of the third period when
Jakob Silfverberg got his fifth of the season. Andrew Cogliano
threw the puck to the net off a failed Tampa Bay clearing pass.
It glanced off Chris Wagner's skate and his stick before
bouncing to Silfverberg, who whipped it into the open left side
of the net.
Anaheim appeared to tie the game on the power play at 10:48 of
the third.
Defenseman Brandon Montour whipped a one-time shot that went
under Vasilevskiy's leg pad. A lengthy video review determined
that the puck did not cross the goal line before Vasilevskiy
scooped it with his catching glove.
NOTES: The Ducks scratched D Korbinian Holzer, D Jaycob Megna,
and G Ryan Miller. Miller left Thursday's game versus Vancouver
with a lower-body injury. ... Ducks G Reto Berra came off the
bench in relief. He backed up John Gibson on Sunday . ... The
Lightning scratched C Cedric Paquette, D Slater Koekkoek, and C
Gabriel Dumont. ... Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle (803 games
coached, 615 for Anaheim) passed Hall of Famer Art Ross for 38th
place on the all-time games coached list. ... Former Anaheim
players Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya enter the Hall of Fame
Monday in Toronto.
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