Ottawa Senators 3, Anaheim Ducks 6 — Recap

📰Game Recap

The Anaheim Ducks overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-3, with a dominant second and third period performance. Ottawa opened the scoring in the first period when Philip Tomasino put the puck past Laurent Brossoit at 6:00, assisted by Thomas Chabot and Drake Batherson. Claude Giroux extended the Senators' lead just over a minute later at 7:02, assisted by Jake Sanderson and Artem Zub. Michael Amadio further widened the gap to 3-0 at 17:37 with assists from Giroux and Sanderson, completing a strong offensive showing for Ottawa in the opening frame.

Anaheim began its comeback in the second period, with Cutter Gauthier scoring at 1:35 to make it 3-1. Judd Caulfield quickly followed at 3:33, assisted by Noah Warren and Leo Carlsson, pulling the Ducks within one goal. Caulfield then tied the game 3-3 with 42 seconds left in the period, assisted by Tristan Luneau and Nikita Nesterenko, completing Anaheim's three-goal second period surge against Jonas Johansson. The Ducks outshot the Senators 33-23 overall.

Anaheim continued its momentum into the third period, as Gauthier scored his second goal of the game at 1:50, assisted by Jackson LaCombe and Carlsson, to give the Ducks their first lead. Gauthier completed his hat trick just 36 seconds later at 2:26, with Carlsson and Mikael Granlund assisting, pushing the score to 5-3. Roger McQueen sealed the victory for Anaheim at 15:19, assisted by Caulfield and Luneau. Laurent Brossoit made 20 saves on 23 shots for Anaheim, while Jonas Johansson stopped 27 of 33 for Ottawa. The SportsFBI model had favored Ottawa at 51% pregame, a prediction that ultimately missed. Anaheim now stands at 5-7-1, and Ottawa is 9-5-1.