John Gibson leaves with eye injury in Ducks’ loss to Golden Knights
LA TimesDucks goaltender John Gibson reacts after getting hit with a stick blade in his right eye during a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night. Tomas Hertl scored a go-ahead goal in the third period, Adin Hill made 31 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Ducks 3-1 on Monday night. After the Ducks tied the game on Mason McTavish’s goal early in the second period, Hertl broke the tie when he took a pass from Jack Eichel in front of Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal and maneuvered to his backhand. Dostal made 19 saves in relief of Ducks starter John Gibson, who stopped all 11 shots he faced before leaving in the first period when Vegas’ Tanner Laczynski inadvertently poked the veteran netminder in the right eye with the blade of his stick.