John Gibson’s 51-save effort carries Ducks to season sweep of Hurricanes
LA TimesDucks goaltender John Gibson makes a glove save during the second period of a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Jakob Silfverberg and Troy Terry scored in the third period, and John Gibson stopped 51 shots as the Ducks beat Carolina 3-2 on Saturday night to end the Hurricanes’ five-game winning streak. Hockey Ducks end six-game skid with win over Capitals John Gibson made 41 saves to help the Ducks beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 and end a six-game losing streak on Thursday in Washington. Gibson’s 1,393 saves are the most by any NHL goaltender in his first 41 games of a season since Jacques Plante stopped 1,442 shots for the New York Rangers through 41 games in 1963-64. Their goalie was good.” That save on Burns’ attempt came shortly before Klingberg’s goal on the Ducks’ 12th shot with 3:42 left in the period gave them a 1-0 lead.