This game was all about revenge for the come from behind, overtime win by the Wild last week.

For the first time this season the Ducks scored first in the game. Corey Perry scored twice, the first at 1:41 of the 1st period from Nick Boynton. Less than 7 minutes later he scored again on an assist from Bobby Ryan. The second goal perry scored was a perfect backhand shot that beat Backstrom on the stick side. The crowd began cheering enthusiastically whenever Perry got the puck, hoping for another goal and his first ever Hat Trick. Evengy Artyukhin got in his first fight as a Duck when he fought with former Duck, Shane Hnidy at 13:49 of the 1st period. 6′ 5″ ,263 Lbs. Artyukhin won this fight easily over the much smaller Hnidy.

The score stayed 2-0 for most of the second period until the Ducks Ryan Carter scored at 15:11 with an assist from Mike Brown. Just over 1 minute later, Eric Belanger got one past Jonas Hiller, making it 3-1 and ruining the fans hopes for a shutout.

For a lot of the third period the Ducks played their top line, partly to try and get Perry that 3rd goal, but also to try and avoid a repeat of last week’s Wild comeback victory. With the  game nearing it’s end and Minnesota losing 3-1, they pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. Time after time the Ducks tried to get the puck to Perry for a shot at the empty net with the crowd chanting “Perry, Perry, Perry”, but it was Minnesota’s Andrew Brunette who scored with just over 9 second left. The last 9 seconds went without another goal and the Ducks win 3-2.

It was a good game, I liked it a lot. The played hard and never gave the Wild a real chance. This is the way I like to see the Ducks play, much better than the game last week in Minnesota.