Ducks fall 2-1 to Rangers to start East Coast trip
NEW YORK — The Ducks kicked off a four-game East Coast swing with 40 solid minutes of shutout hockey.
The New York Rangers’ Ryan Lindgren and Will Cuylle put an end to that in the third period, each scoring to defeat the Ducks 2-1 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Ducks’ Olen Zellweger scored his first goal of the season, assisted by Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry, responding less than two minutes after Cuylle gave the Rangers a two-goal lead.
Lukáš Dostál finished with 30 saves for the Ducks (3-3-1), which lost for the third time in four games.
Former Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who bounced back from a loss at home to defending champion Florida on Thursday and earned a point for the seventh time in eight games (6-1-1).
Quick, who got his 395th career win, made a dazzling glove save on Ducks forward Mason McTavish with 4:40 left in the second to keep the game scoreless. He denied McTavish again 1:15 later. Quick also made two saves in the closing seconds to secure the win.
Lindgren fired the puck from the slot past Dostál at 4:13 of the third for his first goal of the season to snap the scoreless tie. It was the defenseman’s 11th goal in 336 career games.
Artemi Panarin, who led the Rangers with 120 points including 49 goals last season, extended his points streak to start this season to eight games with his helper on Lindgren’s goal.
Cuylle made it 2-0 on a goalmouth scramble with 8:07 remaining.
The Ducks visit New Jersey on Sunday, followed by games against the New York Islanders on Tuesday and Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.