Ducks change power-play personnel, pays off immediately with opening goal in Game 3
Desperate for goals against the stingy Los Angeles Kings defensive front, Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau altered his lineup for Game 3. Among the myriad of lineup changes: the Ducks started Frederik Andersen over Jonas Hiller, and inserted talented forward Nick Palmieri and dangerous power-play threat Sami Vatanen into the lineup.
The Vatanen addition paid immediate dividends for the Ducks in the first period, as he and Cam Fowler combined to initiate a pretty around-the-horn passing sequence the culminated in Corey Perry's game-opening power-play goal. Check the pass out from the net-front by Patrick Maroon on this goal - doesn't get any better:
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The reaction of Kings fans at Staple Center? Predictably hilarious:
look at the horror on that poor woman’s face pic.twitter.com/ldsM5z7jNA
— Steph (@myregularface) May 9, 2014
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