Whicker: Ducks’ defense calms a wild night at Staples

LOS ANGELES — Saturday night was fevered.
Jonathan Quick played on a sub-Olympian level. Corey Perry somehow wheeled around to fire a puck from his own right circle to the faraway empty net.
Those are extenuating circumstances, ones that can’t escape a team hungering for points and position. The Ducks won, 4-2, then wasted no time beating it out of downtown L.A., lest someone throw a challenge flag to restore normalcy.
“When you hold a team like that to 25 shots on goal in your