Alexander: Ducks are forced back into response mode

ANAHEIM—Do the Ducks have to be challenged in a playoff series before they respond?
The numbers in recent years certainly suggest as much. Counting this series, in which they’re trailing after a 3-0 loss to San Jose in Thursday night’s Game 1, the Ducks have fallen behind in four of their past five playoff series.
The only one in which they didn’t trail? Last year’s first round sweep of Calgary.
And for those with short memories, they opened the very next round