inking a six-year, $42 million contract extension<\/a> in what figures to be the outset of his prime.<\/p>\nWith the addition of productive veterans and, more critically, the growth of cornerstones like Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier, McTavish\u2019s malaise has been easy to overlook. Carlsson has five points in three games since returning from a thigh injury and Gauthier has five goals in as many appearances, including both Ducks tallies\u2019 against Calgary.<\/p>\n
His third-period equalizer was a one-timer from the right faceoff dot, but his first goal was less conventional, keeping the puck moving with a pair of shots from in front of the crease and then scoring off a third that he banked in off the mask and back of opposing goalie Devin Cooley.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can shoot it, he likes to shoot it and he shoots it from all over,\u201d Quenneville said. \u201cHe gets that element of surprise with the quickness of his shot and it\u2019s a little heavier than you might think. He\u2019s got a knack for being in the right area where he doesn\u2019t wait, he doesn\u2019t ask questions, he\u2019s shootin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Ducks will need those core players and everyone in their periphery on Tuesday when they host the Avs a night after they\u2019ll have faced the Kings in interim coach D.J. Smith\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n
Colorado has the most points, wins, regulation wins, goals for and shots on goal in the NHL this season. They have allowed the fewest goals, posted the third most shutouts and turned in the No. 3 penalty kill percentage. That has all predictably produced the league\u2019s best goal differential, nearly 20 goals better than the next most effective team and nearly 40 goals above the next best balance sheet in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
AVALANCHE AT DUCKS<\/p>\n
When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Honda Center<\/p>\n
How to watch: ESPN+, Victory+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM \u2014 The Ducks\u2019 peaks this season have found a way of taking them to the Mile High…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,404,127],"class_list":["post-201484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}