With the last stretch of the season, we keep an eye on the bottom of the standings in order to know the teams that will have the best chances in the repechage lottery which has as a grand prize this year Connor Bedard.
In this chapter, the Ducks conceded a 10e consecutive loss on Saturday, this time in overtime by a score of 5 to 4 in front of the Arizona Coyotes.
The Ducks thus pass in front of the Chicago Blackhawks (56 points) and the Columbus Blue Jackets (56 points) with 57 points. Before the start of Saturday’s games, these three teams shared last place in the general standings.
Arizona Coyotes pass in 27e position ahead of the Montreal Canadiens with 69 points thanks to their victory.
Cam Fowler spent a total of 38 minutes 54 seconds on the ice which is a record for a regular season game. The previous mark belonged to Dennis Wideman with 38 min 5 seconds. Fowler picked up an assist in the game.
Clayton Keller had made it 3-1 Coyotes in the middle period with his 37e countryside fillet. The Ducks, however, came from behind thanks to Ryan Strome, the second goal of the game from Adam Henrique and Max Jones to take the lead with less than two minutes left in the third period.
However, with 36 seconds left in the game, Matias Maccelli beat Olle Eriksson Ek to send both teams into overtime. Barrett Hayton gave the Coyotes the win moments later.
The Ducks haven’t won since March 17 in a game once morest the Blue Jackets.
Rangers mock Blue Jackets
Goaltender Igor Shesterkin stopped all 20 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season and 11th of his career as the New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0.
Jimmy Vesey, Chris Kreider, Niko Mikkola and Vincent Trocheck scored as Mika Zibanejad added two assists for the Rangers, who momentarily find themselves two points behind the New Jersey Devils in the Metropolitan Division.
Michael Hutchinson stopped 24 shots in his 150th NHL game for Columbus, which has lost six of its last seven games and tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the fewest NHL points with 56.
Despite being outshot 12-9 in the first period, Rangers took a 2-0 lead following 20 minutes, thanks to Vesey at 10:08 and Kreider 1:41 later.
After a scoreless second period in which the Rangers outshot Columbus 11-2, Mikkola gave the Rangers a three-goal lead in the third period with his first goal in 109 games. His last goal dated back to January 15, 2022.
Trocheck scored the game’s final goal with 20 seconds left.
