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Ducks hold on to defeat the Kings ... again

Los Angeles Kings v Anaheim Ducks

at Honda Center on January 23, 2014 in Anaheim, California.

Jeff Gross

It’s a bitter rivalry, however, it has been recently owned by the Anaheim Ducks when it comes to the actual results.

The Ducks, thanks to the winning goal from Patrick Maroon, held on to defeat the L.A. Kings by a final score of 2-1 on Saturday evening. That’s three wins in a row for Anaheim over L.A., although there is one final regular season meeting on April 12. Three of their four meetings against each other this season have been one-goal games.

Maroon has a pair of game-winners against L.A. this season, too.

Of course, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that these two teams meet in the playoffs. But there is still plenty of hockey left to determine that.

As for Saturday night, the Kings, without Dustin Brown due to illness, did manage to put to an end the Ducks’ combined shutout streak of almost 150 minutes against L.A., dating back to Jan. 23. Tyler Toffoli scored on a power play, finally giving the Kings a goal against the Ducks.

So, perhaps that is a positive. Probably not.

For the Ducks, the win ends a turbulent week in which they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames - they played “ridiculous” in that latter game - but then beat the Colorado Avalanche and Kings.

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