Ducks done in by Phoenix flurry, 5-4

The painstaking progress made by the Ducks in training camp and the first three weeks of the season seemed to vanish in about an Anaheim minute.

OK, to be generous, make that about three Anaheim minutes.

They played a train wreck of three-plus minutes against Phoenix on Sunday, giving up three goals in that second-period span and couldn’t quite catch up in the third period as the Coyotes hung on, 5-4, at Honda Center.

Ryan Getzlaf scored twice, his first two of the season, and the other Ducks goals came from defensemen Lubomir Visnovsky and Kurtis Foster, who was making his debut with Anaheim.

Goalie Jonas Hiller looked mortal, even porous. Not only that, there were a couple of bad line changes and veterans were making rookie mistakes with the puck. If Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle wasn’t convinced that some extra homework was required, he received ample evidence on the Coyotes’ fourth goal, by Lauri Korpikoski.

“Two guys overskated the puck, Teemu [Selanne] and Vish [Visnovsky] over-skated the puck,” Carlyle said. “That’s when you look back and say, ‘Hey, we’re just not where we need to be.’ That’s the decision I made.

“At that point, it convinces [me] you need to work more on our puck skills and spend more time on the ice. And that’s what we’re going to do.”

Unfortunately, more training camp is not an option. The Ducks (4-3-0) leave on a seven-game trip, starting Tuesday at Chicago, and it might end up being the best solution.

“I know it’s still early; we’ve only played seven games,” center Andrew

Cogliano said. “But this is a trip you can definitely use to see what way your season is going to go.

“Like I said before, you tend to play more simple on the road. Less complicated is exactly what we need right now. I think we’re making too many mistakes because we’re trying too many things right now.”

Hiller took some of the blame. He gave up five goals on 19 shots and was replaced by backup Dan Ellis after Keith Yandle made it 5-2 at 7:56 of the second period.

“The second goal was my fault,” Hiller said. “It was a bouncing puck, a rolling puck, but I still should have made the save and after that it didn’t look like we were really finding our game.”

Carlyle thought he probably should have made the goalie change after the Coyotes’ fourth goal.

“Jonas has been a stalwart for this hockey club and he’s been probably our MVP in a lot of games, so it’s hard to point the finger,” he said. “I’m sure he’d like to have some of them back.”

Etc.

Foster, who had minor surgery during training camp to remove a small wire from his thigh, scored in the second period on a blast from the slot. “When they told me I was going to play, I was pretty excited,” he said. “To be able to chip in with a goal is always a positive.” … The Ducks recalled enforcer JF Jacques from their minor league team in Syracuse, N.Y. Jacques will join them on the trip but must serve a five-game suspension as a result of an incident with Canucks forward Mike Duco in the preseason. … Rookie center Maxime Macenauer needed 12 stitches to his forehead after getting hit with a puck in the second period. In true hockey fashion, he returned for the third.