The shot came from near and far, from one wing to another, but didn’t seem to offend duck goalkeeper Jon Gibson at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. There was one shorthand withdrawal, then another withdrawal, and Gibson also handled them.
On the other side of the ice, Golden Knights goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury matched Gibson’s shot to give him a chance to score, William Carlson scored a tie in the second half of the third period, and Max Pacioretti scored 7. I won when I hit it. Overtime seconds.
Fleury rejected Likert Raquel in a close-range backhand attempt, and then the duck tried to fill the unstable one-goal lead, but in vain, rejecting Ryan Getzlav from the slot. , I put the Golden Knights right next to me. What the ducks couldn’t make 2-0 sacrificed them in a dramatic way.
Gibson made 31 saves and Fleury made 21 saves in the old-fashioned goalkeeper duel.
“We fought hard,” said Dallas Eakins, a coach at Dachshund. “We were losing part of the game. I thought we put our feet down and annoyed them in the third season. But we did a great goal-ending performance with” Gibby “. Wasted. Again, there are some simple mistakes that are on your net. ”
Carlson’s goal was that Fleury stood on the bench and supported the sixth attacker at 18:38 for the third time, slipping into what was a tight defense in front of Gibson. The unsuccessful showdown to start overtime led to a 2-1 goal for Pasio Letti with a 7-second mark.
“I would have to see it,” said duck center Sam Steele about the loss of a crucial confrontation with Pasio Letti. “It happened pretty fast. I swiped it twice. I need to see it, but I can’t give up 2 to 1 right after the draw, so I have to fix something there There is. ”
Ducks have always fallen 2-9-3 against the Golden Knights, including 1-5-2 in Las Vegas. I might have been happy with one point last season or the previous season, but this season I wasn’t happy with the results on Saturday as the duck standards went up.
It was unacceptable for Gibson to lose after maintaining a one-goal lead for more than half of the game, and losing their way was even more serious. Ekins got angry at the end of the game, but was delighted to hear his angry voice in the dressing room.
“Last year, I left the rink many times, gave up the lead and lost the match, and it seemed like I was ready for the next match,” Eakins said. “The great thing about tonight was that the dressing room was angry for me.
“I need it. I need more accountability this year.”
Max Contowa scored a third goal in two games to give the duck 1-0 to start the season. This was a tap-in of the pass from defensive Jacob Larsson, who made a 3: 1 break at 7:45 in the second period. Each Comtois goal is from close range, a sign that he has decided to reach the net.
Fleury had no chance to block the goal. That was not the case with Vegas Defense Zac White Cloud. Larson, skating along the right wing, forged both by delivering a Nooruk Pass to Contowa on the other wing, who would have been proud of LeBron James.
Contowa became the first duck player to score each of his team’s first three goals to start the season and became the 15th in NHL history. Connor McDavid did it last when the Edmonton Oilers scored the first three goals to start the 2017-18 season.
It talks a lot about Contowa, but also about the duck’s lack of scoring depth and its over-reliance on Gibson. The ducks had a lot of great moments on Saturday, as they lost 5-2 to the Golden Knights in the opening round of the season on Thursday, but not enough to win.
“Sure, that was why we joined the game,” Steele said of Gibson. “We left him a few times to dry. He was going to make a big save, and they were one late (to tie the score), but which of the responsibilities He doesn’t even have. He kept us there throughout the game. ”
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