from Elliott Teaford of the OC Register,

The streak died a noisy death Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. Josh Manson laid a bear hug on John Gibson when the final horn sounded and the Ducks roared off their bench to celebrate a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild, their first win in more than a month.

Later, Tupac Shakur’s “California Love” boomed out over the sound system in the Ducks’ dressing room, the first time it’s been heard since after a Dec. 17 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their room had been mostly silent since then, as their frustration rose and their confidence fell.

“It was good to smile again, that’s for sure,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said.

All it took for the Ducks to win and end their franchise-record 12-game losing streak was three goals in the opening 7:58 of the game, including two strikes a mere 11 seconds apart, plus 37 saves from Gibson, plus a blue-collar defensive effort in front of him.

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