HOCKEY: Resilient Ducks halt Caps' 6-game win streak in shootout

Ducks Rally to Defeat Capitals 4-3 in Shootout. Beckett Sennecke and Ross Johnston each recorded a goal and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the visiting Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Friday night.

Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout for the Ducks, who overcame three one-goal deficits during regulation. Cutter Gauthier added a goal, and goalie Ville Husso made 18 saves as Anaheim bounced back from a 7-0 home loss to the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday.

For the Capitals, Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank, and Aliaksei Protas scored during regulation. Logan Thompson made 35 saves, while Anthony Beauvillier scored Washington’s lone shootout goal. The Capitals had won six straight games and were concluding a four-game road trip.

Washington took a 1-0 lead at 9:29 of the first period when Justin Sourdif tapped a loose puck back to Wilson for a one-timer from the high slot. Rookie forward Ryan Leonard, who had a four-game point streak, left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury after a hit from Anaheim’s Jacob Trouba.

Gauthier tied the game at 18:16 of the first period. Sennecke carried the puck down the right side and, starting from behind the net, fed it to Gauthier, who scored from the low slot.

The Capitals regained the lead at 6:06 of the second period when Frank scored an unassisted goal on a loose puck in front of the crease. The lead lasted only 13 seconds as Johnston tipped Radko Gudas’ slap shot from the point to tie it 2-2.

Protas put Washington back on top at 7:38. Husso stopped Matt Roy’s initial shot from the point, but Protas converted the rebound from the right post. Sennecke tied it again at 17:59 of the second period, collecting a loose puck in front of Thompson.

Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren, sidelined with an upper-body injury, did not dress for the game. Part-time practice goalie Parker Milner signed a tryout agreement to serve as Thompson’s backup. -Field Level Media/Reuters Credit: Imagn Images photographer. -