{"id":221625,"date":"2026-03-16T04:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221625\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:41:18","slug":"cutter-gauthiers-late-winner-lifts-ducks-over-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221625\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutter Gauthier’s late winner lifts Ducks over Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cutter Gauthier scored the winner with 2:30 remaining in regulation as the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> edged the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> 4-3 in a thrilling, back-and-forth affair Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Leo Carlsson had two goals and an assist while Troy Terry scored once with two helpers as Anaheim (37-27-3) moved into first place in the Pacific Division.<\/p>\n

Chris Kreider added two assists and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves.<\/p>\n

Nick Suzuki \u2014 with a goal and an assist \u2014 Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield replied for Montreal (36-20-10), which lost 3-2 to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Rookie goalie Jacob Fowler stopped 24 shots in his second start since being recalled from the American Hockey League\u2019s Laval Rocket on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens hold third place in the Atlantic Division, two points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning for second with one more game played.<\/p>\n

Alone in front of the net, Gauthier received a smooth behind-the-back pass from Jeffrey Viel and quickly snapped a shot past Fowler to put Anaheim up 4-3.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens trailed 2-0 early in the second period, but struck twice with goals from Newhook and Caufield one minute apart to equalize at 2:33.<\/p>\n

Suzuki gave Montreal a 3-2 lead at 13:06, firing a wrist shot through Dostal after Juraj Slafkovsky powered his way out of the defensive zone and fed the Canadiens captain on a 2-on-1.<\/p>\n

Terry, who returned from nine games out with an upper-body injury, tied the game at 15:39 when his pass deflected off the skate of Montreal forward Josh Anderson and over Fowler\u2019s left shoulder.<\/p>\n

Canadiens: Veteran winger Brendan Gallagher \u2014 the longest-serving Canadien \u2014 returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch Saturday for the first time since playing his first NHL game Jan. 22, 2013.<\/p>\n

Ducks: John Carlson made his Ducks debut after Anaheim acquired him before last week\u2019s trade deadline from the Washington Capitals. The 36-year-old defenceman played 17 seasons and 1,143 games for the Capitals, winning a Stanley Cup in 2018.<\/p>\n

Moments after Newhook\u2019s goal, Caufield received an almost-intercepted stretch pass from Noah Dobson before tucking the puck low glove-side for his 39th of the season.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens went 0-for-4 on the power play.<\/p>\n

Ducks: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Canadiens: Host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cutter Gauthier scored the winner with 2:30 remaining in regulation as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Montreal Canadiens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-221625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221625","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=221625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}