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Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) reacts after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
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Ducks left wing Cutter Gauthier (61), center Mason McTavish (23), right wing Beckett Sennecke (45), and defenseman Olen Zellweger (51) celebrate after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
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Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom (40) watches as the Ducks score during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
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Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier (46) defends the puck against the Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
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Ducks center Leo Carlsson (91) controls the puck against the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
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Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) reacts after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n ANAHEIM \u2014 Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill recently said that if his team was going to \u201cclimb the mountain\u201d of the Western Conference, they\u2019d have to scale past the Ducks.<\/p>\n On Sunday evening at Honda Center, the hosts showed Chicago how much closer they were to the peak, blowing away their opponents from the Windy City, 7-1.<\/p>\n The Ducks won for their third time in four games to maintain their division lead. Analytically, the match was even more of a mollywhopping than it was on the scoreboard. Their even-strength expected goals percentage was the Ducks\u2019 highest since Natural Stat Trick began tabulating the figure in 2007.<\/p>\n Chicago has now lost eight of its last 10 games. The \u2018Hawks were playing their third game in four nights and had lost to the Kings, 6-0, 23 hours before this affair. They had taken two prior meetings with the Ducks this season.<\/p>\n Leo Carlsson scored two goals. Beckett Sennecke deposited a goal and assisted on Mason McTavish\u2019s power-play conversion<\/a>, with Cutter Gauthier also involved in both scores. Alex Killorn and Jacob Trouba also tallied. Chris Kreider and Ryan Strome each chipped in two assists. Ville Husso made his fourth straight start and came up with 19 saves.<\/p>\n Tyler Bertuzzi\u2019s man-advantage marker disrupted Husso\u2019s potential shutout. Arvid S\u00f6derblom faced a week\u2019s worth of shots in 60 minutes, stopping a career-high 46 of 53.<\/p>\n Carlsson said \u201ceverything just clicked,\u201d while he and Coach Joel Quenneville pointed to the Ducks\u2019<\/a> extrapolating their effort from the early going of last Sunday\u2019s defeat in Chicago \u2014 they flew out to a 3-0 lead but fell 5-3 \u2014 across three stanzas.<\/p>\n \u201cI really loved our effort right from the get-go,\u201d Quenneville said. \u201cIt was frustrating last Sunday in Chicago, and we started the same way, but I liked that we wanted to have it for 60 minutes, and tonight, we did.\u201d<\/p>\n The Ducks bombarded the Blackhawks across the first 40 minutes, scoring 10:16 into the first period and then at the 6:40, 9:26, 16:09 and 17:23 marks of the second.<\/p>\n The Ducks tripled up Chicago up with an 18-6 advantage in first-period shots on goal. They also ignited the scoring.<\/p>\n Kreider hounded Ilya Mikheyev on the forecheck, forcing a weak cross-ice pass that Trouba skated into for a thunderous slapshot from above the right circle. It was his fifth goal of the year to lead all Ducks defensemen.<\/p>\n In the second period, the Ducks\u2019 dam burst open offensively, leaving the two sides five goals and 31 shots (44-13) apart at the second intermission \u2014 their 27 strikes on net set a franchise record for a period.<\/p>\n The Ducks had gone without a conversion on 16 straight power plays as part of a 3-for-39 funk, but they rectified that to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n Gauthier\u2019s one-timer sent Sennecke a rebound on the doorstep, which he keenly passed from the left post to the bottom of the right circle. There, McTavish glided forward to score his seventh goal of the season.<\/p>\n Sennecke added further flair to the onslaught as a quick breakout left him with the puck, but without numbers, in the offensive zone. He traversed the high slot, shielding the puck from all three defenders before pivoting to deliver a laser from the right circle. His far-side goal gave him nine goals and 24 points in 2025-26, both of which led all rookies.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t see a ton of guys that young that are that comfortable protecting the puck,\u201d said Killorn, a two-time Stanley Cup champion. \u201cHe does such a good job with his poise, it\u2019s pretty rare.\u201d<\/p>\n