from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,

When did things go so awfully, colossally off track for the Ducks on Sunday in the 7-1 spanking they absorbed from the Edmonton Oilers, a loss that will take this madly zigzagging series to a seventh game on Wednesday at Honda Center?

“Puck drop,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said, truthfully.

What went wrong in a monstrosity of a first period that kept them from closing out the Oilers and advancing to the Western Conference finals against the Nashville Predators?

“Everything,” coach Randy Carlyle said, and again, there was no argument to be made.

How did this happen?

“That’s a good question,” winger Andrew Cogliano said, insightfully noting the Ducks’ inability to play the kind of simple and sound road game that was required in this situation. “It could have been 20-1, really.”

The actual final tally was bad enough, especially considering that NHL scoring champion Connor McDavid didn’t earn a point. Twelve of his teammates had at least one point each and winger-turned-center Leon Draisaitl recorded a hat trick and two assists, giving him 11 goals in 11 regular-season and playoff games against the Ducks this season. Overall it was an impressive effort from a team that felt — with reason — it had been on the wrong end of some calls on Friday in Game 5 at Anaheim before the Ducks won in double overtime.

“We didn’t come out and execute the way we need to and they did,” Getzlaf said.

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