SAN DIEGO – Like numerous occasions during the regular season, Max Jones saw a path to the net and activated into bull-in-a-China-shop mode.



Like it happened on the many power moves he made during his initial forays with the Ducks, the robust 21-year-old left wing was not able to get the puck past the goaltender following his drive to a scoring chance. This occasion had something extra to it. Not only was a game hanging in the balance, but here was the golden opportunity to shoot the first salvo in a playoff series.



But in this moment, Kiefer Sherwood was charging right in behind him and finished what Jones started. An overtime winner sent a lively home crowd into hysterics Wednesday night. Game 1 was theirs.



“I was trying to tuck it around him, but I guess I probably could have toed it around him,” Jones said. “It worked. Thank God, Woody was going to the net. Good on him. Thanks to the support from him. He finished the play for me.