Ducks extend winning streak to 5 games with 7-5 win over Stars – Hockey Writer – Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks (9-3-1) rallied from a two-goal deficit in the first period to defeat the Dallas Stars (7-4-3) 7-5 on Thursday night at American Airlines Center.
Wyatt Johnston, Tyler Seguin, Mikko Rantanen and Roope Hintz scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger made 17 saves.
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Chris Kreider, Ian Moore, Carter Gauthier, Oren Zellweger, Leo Carlson and Mason McTavish scored for the Ducks. Lucas Dostal made 21 saves.
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Johnston received a pass from Rantanen at midfield and quickly fired a shot past Dostal for his first goal of the game, capping off a great power play for the Stars.
Johnston doubled the Stars’ lead at 16:18 with another power-play goal, this time off a Miro Heiskanen shot that Johnston barely tipped in, but it was his second goal of the night and his ninth of the season.
The Ducks got on the board with a power-play goal of their own just 76 seconds into the second period. Kreider rushed down the left rebound and beat Oettinger’s blocker.
92 seconds later, Moore scored his first career NHL goal to tie the game. Ryan Poehling delivered a perfect pass through the penalty area and Moore scored the equalizing goal.
Seguin restored Dallas’ lead with Dostal’s goal. Heiskanen made an early mistake in the defensive zone and Sam Steele delivered a perfect pass through the middle for Seguin to break through.
The chaos continued in the second period when Alex Killorn caused a turnover in the neutral zone and passed the ball to Gauthier, who tied the score again. Gauthier’s shot from the right circle passed Oettinger and scored his 11th goal of the season.
Zellweger scored his first goal of the season when Beckett Senek’s inadvertent cross-ice pass took Oettinger out of position and set up a wide net for Zellweger. After trailing by two goals at the start of the first quarter, the Ducks took a 4-3 lead heading into the third quarter.
Kreider doubled the lead 16 seconds into the third quarter with a tip-in at the top of the crease on Drew Helleson’s spot-up shot.
Rantanen scored another power-play goal 1:50 into the period, this time an empty-net shot from Rantanen on a beautiful cross-court pass from Johnston.
Both teams scored power-play goals, with Carlson scoring shorthanded to restore Anaheim’s two-goal lead.
At 16 minutes and 39 seconds, Rantanen shot from the right circle and blocked Hintz’s shot, reducing the score gap to one point.
McTavish scored an empty-net goal at 18:07 to help the Ducks win 7-5.
The Stars outshot the Ducks 25-24 and went 3-for-5 on the power play. The Ducks went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
Next
The two teams will resume play on Saturday. The Stars will face the Predators in Nashville and the Ducks will face the Golden Knights in Las Vegas.
