Power Play Problems Continue
The Mighty Ducks were the third-worst team against the power play last season and aren’t doing much better this season.
They were two for 13 with a man advantage in an 8-5 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Saturday night at Denver.
It was the third loss in a row for the Ducks (1-4-0), who got three goals from Teemu Selanne.
Selanne scored two goals in the first period, the second one coming on the power play at 18:11 to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead.
But the Avalanche’s Alex Tanguay, knocking a rebound past goalie Patrick Lalime, scored one of his three goals with 44 seconds left in the first period to tie it 3-3.
Tanguay broke the tie at 6:03 of the second, converting a pass from Milan Hejduk, and Chris Drury, who also had three goals, made it 5-3 at 14:13 of the second.
One of two third-period goals by Drury came short-handed in the third period. Eric Messier got an empty-net score in the final minute.
Go beyond the scoreboard
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