Ducks beat Flames in another shootout, 3-2

Another two-goal lead evaporated on the Ducks on Friday night, leading to yet another shootout — remarkably their third in a row.

This time, the Ducks skated off with a 3-2 victory after Corey Perry converted on what proved to be the decisive shootout opportunity and goaltender Jonas Hiller thwarted Rene Bourque on the Calgary Flames’ final chance in the Ducks’ victory in front of 13,775 at the Honda Center.

In their first 29 games, the Ducks played in only one shootout. But their last three games — two of them victories — have ended in one of hockey’s suspense-filled finishes, debated on merit as they are.

The Ducks led, 2-0, after two periods on goals by Lubomir Visnovsky and Dan Sexton, who was recalled Friday with Teemu Selanne’s groin injury still delicate and Aaron Voros out with a broken orbital bone in his face.

But Calgary made it 2-1 on a power-play goal by Olli Jokinen 6:58 into the third period, and they tied the score when David Moss was credited with a goal assisted by Jarome Iginla and Mark Giordano at the 13:25 mark.

The Ducks were unable to convert on a power-play opportunity in overtime after Brendan Morrison was called for hooking Luca Sbisa with 2:23 remaining, but they came through in the shootout.

The previous two games, they won a shootout at Edmonton on Cam Fowler’s goal Tuesday, and lost one at Vancouver on Wednesday.

“The good part is we won tonight,” said Hiller, who had 37 saves. “The bad part is we had a two-goal lead and we gave it up again. It shouldn’t have happened. In the end, we’ll be happy with the two points. We have to do better in the third.”

This time, the Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf and the Flames’ Alex Tanguay converted on their first shootout opportunities before Calgary goaltender Henrik Karlsson smothered Joffrey Lupul on a shot and the Flames’ Niklas Hagman hit the crossbar on Calgary’s second attempt.

Then came Perry’s shot, which got past Karlsson before Jonas Hiller stopped Bourque to seal the victory.

The game-deciding shootout goal was the seventh of Perry’s career, and it came in only his 400th NHL game.

The victory extended the Ducks’ streak over Calgary at the Honda Center to 12 consecutive games, dating to 2004.

“At times, we looked like we were dog tired in the hockey game,” Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle said. “We didn’t have very much jump. They did a good job early in the hockey game of retrieving pucks and we didn’t get much of a forecheck game going. We had pucks in their zone, but we didn’t really get a lot of puck recoveries.

“We’ve talked about both of our goaltenders. Tonight, it was Jonas’ turn. He has been really strong.

“Probably the strongest part of our team is goaltending. You can’t complain with their work ethic and the amount of big-time saves. When it comes to the shootout, Jonas came up big tonight for us.”

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Selanne, formally assessed as day to day, missed his sixth game in the last 10 because of a nagging groin injury. Sexton was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League, officially to replace Voros, who was placed on injured reserve because of a broken orbital bone in his face. Sexton, who had a goal and two assists in his previous 13 games with the Ducks, added a goal on Friday. He had three goals and six points in six games with Syracuse.

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