RALEIGH, N.C. — With 86 points this season, the Carolina Hurricanes had twice as many as the Anaheim Ducks when the teams took the ice Saturday — which meant nothing once the puck dropped to start the game.
The Ducks had the best goalie in the game, John Gibson, and a team willing to play strong defense in front of him. That was enough as Anaheim ended a four-game road trip by holding off the Hurricanes, 3-2, ending the Canes’ five-game winning streak.
John Klingberg, Jakob Silfverberg and Troy Terry scored for the Ducks (19-34-7) and Gibson finished with 50 saves — the 11th game this season Gibson has had 40 or more stops, tops in the NHL.
