{"id":232328,"date":"2026-03-23T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232328\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:50:05","slug":"ducks-4-1-mammoth-mar-20-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232328\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks 4-1 Mammoth (Mar 20, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY — \u2014 Alex Killorn<\/a> broke a tie off a scramble at 9:09 of the second period, Lukas Dostal<\/a> stopped 29 shots and the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> beat the Utah Mammoth<\/a> 4-1 on Friday night to pad their Pacific Division lead.<\/p>\n

After the puck was cleared off the goal line behind goalie Vitek Vanecek<\/a>, the Ducks’ Sennecke ended up with it on the left side and slipped a pass to Killorn for a shot before Vanecek was set. Killorn also had two assists.<\/p>\n

Ryan Poehling<\/a>, Cutter Gauthier<\/a> and Mikael Granlund<\/a> also scored to help the Ducks \u2014 playing without suspended defenseman Radko Gudas<\/a> \u2014 rebound from a 3-2 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday night at home. They moved three points ahead of Edmonton in the division.<\/p>\n

Gudas served the fourth game of a five-game suspension for kneeing Auston Matthews<\/a> in a loss at Toronto on March 12. Matthews tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Poehling tied it with 6:23 left in the first, beating Vanecek with a nifty move on a short-handed break. Poehling took a pass from Killorn, sped down the left side, cut right and shot against the grain to the left.<\/p>\n

The Ducks put it away with two empty-net goals, with Gauthier scoring his 36th goal on the first.<\/p>\n

Dylan Guenther<\/a> scored his 34th goal of the season for Utah \u2014 at 1:48 of the first of the Mammoth’s second shot on goal.<\/p>\n

Utah remained six points ahead of Los Angeles for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

The Mammoth opened a four-game homestand. They had won two straight on the road, beating Dallas 6-3 on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak and topping Vegas 4-0 Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

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

Mammoth: Host Los Angeles on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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