Round 3 Game #3

Anaheim Ducks @ Nashville Predators

Thursday, May 18th, 5:00 PM PDT

Bridgestone Arena

TV: NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports

Radio: Mighty1090, AnaheimDucks.com

Your Enemy: On The Forecheck

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RIP Chris Cornell

The Ducks find themselves in the very familiar position of being a game down in the series after a third period collapse that left the helpless John Gibson on his own to dodge crease-crashing Predators.

On the bright side they didn't have a terrible start - they just had a terrible finish.

Tonight they will need to play the full sixty minutes with as much urgency as the Predators showed (which was best described as an over-eager flood) in order to tie the series heading back to Anaheim for Game 5.

John Gibson withstood the initial barrage and was looking very focused until that go-ahead goal; his team around him not so much. He will need to have another strong game with hopefully a more supportive cast for game four.

Despite the strong play of youngsters Shea Theodore and Brandon Montour - Carlyle might look to change things up to prevent any further transgressions with Gibson by inserting Bieska back into the line-up. That will likely be determined right before puck-drop.

Forward lines are likely to remain the same.

Here is hoping the rest of the team shows up to play the full sixty minutes for this one.

Go Ducks.

John Broadbent