What we learned from the Ducks’ 2-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks

Here’s what we learned from the Ducks’ 2-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

1. The Sharks might have a pretty good season.

They’re the early-season California champions after starting with a 5-1 win over the Kings at Staples Center and following up with a solid 2-0 victory over the Ducks at the SAP Center.

Goaltender Martin Jones, acquired from Boston after the Kings had traded him there for Milan Lucic, has a 0.50 goals-against average and a .979 save percentage in his first two games with the Sharks. They outshot the Ducks, 44-27, Saturday, including a 17-3 edge in the third period.

“They sustained and they outchanged us,” Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau said. “I don’t know if that’s the benefit of already playing a game, but they’re a good hockey club over there.”

2. Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry won’t stay on separate lines much longer.

Boudreau split up the longtime linemates throughout training camp and in the season opener, putting Perry on the right with Jiri Sekac and Rickard Rakell, and Getzlaf at center between Carl Hagelin and Chris Stewart. By the third period, desperate for a goal, Boudreau had reunited them.

“Those are things you try to do when you’re down a goal and you don’t see too much offense being poured in,” Boudreau said. He also said he’d make a determination Sunday about the combinations he will deploy in the Ducks’ home opener, on Monday.

3. Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen’s off-season self-improvement project appears to have paid off.

“I felt good. I was seeing the puck well. I worked on that in the summer,” he said after stopping 42 of 44 shots. “I could tell the improvement in my game already, so that’s a good sign, but there’s still a lot of work to do.”

His teammates agreed. “Freddie was tremendous. He kept us in the game,” defenseman Cam Fowler said.

“They’re a team that shoots anywhere, all the time, with guys crashing to the net, so it didn’t feel like we were getting dominated out there. Sure, you don’t like to give up 40 shots. That’s the identity of their team, and I thought for the most part, we were able to keep guys to the outside.

“Obviously, when you don’t score any goals, you’re going to make things pretty tough on you. They certainly had their chances, and Freddie kept us in the game the whole time.”

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