LOS ANGELES — Rookie Beckett Sennecke had two assists and then scored in the shootout, sending the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Mason McTavish ended it with a third-round shootout goal for the Ducks, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit for their second straight victory after a nine-game skid.<\/p>\n
Tim Washe scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Strome got his first goal in a month for the Ducks when Southern California\u2019s two NHL teams opened a back-to-back, home-and-home chapter of the Freeway Faceoff rivalry by going to their second shootout of the season. Lukas Dostal made 26 saves.<\/p>\n
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist in his return from a five-game injury absence for the Kings, who have lost five of six.<\/p>\n
Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots, but the Canadian Olympian couldn’t stop the famously deliberate shootout style of McTavish, one of the NHL’s most successful shootout scorers.<\/p>\n
Quinton Byfield put the Kings ahead on their first shot on goal 98 seconds after the opening faceoff, beating Dostal for his ninth goal off a rush set up by Armia.<\/p>\n
Neither team mounted a consistent offensive attack for two periods, but Armia made it 2-0 for the Kings midway through the second with a one-timer off a backhand pass from Andre Lee.<\/p>\n
Strome answered 39 seconds later, putting a shot past a screen from Sennecke for his second goal in 22 games.<\/p>\n
Less than three minutes after that, Washe alertly located a rebound off the boards and beat Kuemper from a sharp angle for his inaugural goal in his sixth NHL game. The 24-year-old undrafted forward won an NCAA title last spring with Western Michigan.<\/p>\n
The Ducks played without their top two scorers due to injury. Leo Carlsson had treatment<\/a> earlier in the day on a thigh injury that could endanger his participation in the Olympics, while Troy Terry (upper body) went on injured reserve before missing his fourth straight game.<\/p>\n A rematch in Anaheim on Saturday night.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n