{"id":212015,"date":"2026-03-09T19:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:46:45","slug":"ducks-6-5-canadiens-mar-6-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212015\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks 6-5 Canadiens (Mar 6, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. — \u2014 Chris Kreider<\/a> got the tying goal with 42 seconds left in regulation and Alex Killorn<\/a> scored in the sixth round of the shootout, sending the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> to a 6-5 victory over the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Kreider matched his career best with a four-point night for the Ducks, who won for the seventh time in eight games despite blowing a two-goal lead in the third period. Cutter Gauthier<\/a>, who also scored in the shootout, and Leo Carlsson<\/a> had a goal and an assist apiece.<\/p>\n

Anaheim improved to 8-0 in shootouts this season despite going just 2 for 6 against Montreal, with even Mason McTavish<\/a> failing to score for the first time in six tries this season.<\/p>\n

Radko Gudas<\/a> and Jackson LaCombe<\/a> also scored, and Lukas Dostal<\/a> stopped 23 shots in a rough performance before he came up big in the shootout. Anaheim earned its 19th comeback victory, matching Montreal for the NHL lead.<\/p>\n

Cole Caufield<\/a> scored two of Montreal\u2019s three goals in the third period and Lane Hutson<\/a> had a goal and two assists. Samuel Montembeault made 28 saves for the Habs, who have lost four of six.<\/p>\n

Gauthier got his 32nd goal just 33 seconds after the opening faceoff, giving him seven goals in five games since the Olympic break.<\/p>\n

Nick Suzuki<\/a> answered moments later, securing the fifth consecutive 20-goal season for Montreal’s captain.<\/p>\n

After Gudas got his first goal since Nov. 19, Carlsson added his 21st goal early in the third off a 2-on-1 pass from Kreider.<\/p>\n

But Caufield got his 36th and 37th goals of the season with Alexandre Carrier<\/a>‘s tying goal with 8:13 left in regulation sandwiched between them.<\/p>\n

With the Ducks in desperation mode, Kreider skillfully redirected Jacob Trouba\u2019s shot from the point for the 21st goal of his first season with Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Olen Zellweger<\/a> committed a tripping penalty in overtime, but Anaheim killed the 4-on-3 disadvantage.<\/p>\n

The Ducks played without new defenseman John Carlson<\/a>, who flew to the West Coast on Friday after a late-night trade ended his 17 seasons with Washington. Montreal stayed pat at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Canadiens: At Los Angeles on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ducks: Host St. Louis on Sunday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. — \u2014 Chris Kreider got the tying goal with 42 seconds left in regulation and Alex…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-212015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}