It wasn’t a good performance.'Īfter New Jersey dominated the first period by outshooting Anaheim 14-4, Henrique managed to guide a loose puck past Schmid at 1:46 of the second on the power play. and then just a couple of bonehead defensive plays. “I didn’t think our execution was very good,'' Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. The Devils had won two straight and five of six. Michael McLeod scored for New Jersey, and Akira Schmid finished with 22 saves. The Ducks announced Gibson was pulled because he was feeling “under the weather.” John Gibson had 18 saves through two periods and Lukas Dostal stopped all 10 shots he faced in the third. ”We put pressure on them and got our special teams going 4-on-4.' They came out hard in the first period and I think we did a good job after that,'' Henrique said.

(AP) - Adam Henrique scored three goals for his first career hat trick and the Anaheim Ducks beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.Īlex Killorn had a goal and two assists, Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, and defensemen Pavel Mintyukov and Cam Fowler each had two assists for the Ducks, who were 1-13-0 since their last regulation win on Nov.