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Ducks Fall 5-3 Against San Jose - Game Recap

San Jose skated to a 5-3 victory over Anaheim on Saturday in NHL action at SAP Center at San Jose.

San Jose was an underdog by +117 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

San Jose got goals from Jan Rutta, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tomas Hertl, Fabian Zetterlund, and Kyle Burroughs in the victory. Vlasic opened the scoring at 15:06 of the second period.

MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 32 of 35 Anaheim shots in the victory.

Jackson LaCombe, Adam Henrique, and Mason McTavish scored for the Ducks, finding the net behind MacKenzie Blackwood.

John Gibson stopped 14 of 18 shots for the Ducks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, San Jose went 0-for-2, while the Ducks were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Anaheim outshot San Jose 35-19 in the game.

San Jose heads into a battle against the Kings. Anaheim, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.