Cutter Gauthier’s first NHL goal broke a third-period tie, Ross Johnston added to the lead 38 seconds later and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 6-4 on Friday night.
Defenseman Owen Zellweger had a goal and two assists while Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry and Ryan Strome also scored for Anaheim. Leo Carlsson and defensemen Brian Dumoulin and Drew Helleson each collected two assists, and John Gibson made 21 saves.
The Ducks have won two of their past three after a four-game losing streak (0-3-1).
Marco Kasper scored his first career goal and had an assist, Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond also had a goal and an assist each and Jonatan Berggren scored for Detroit, which led 3-1 late in the second period. Moritz Seider contributed two assists.
Detroit goalie Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots.
Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson left the game after one shift in the third period.
Gauthier gave the Ducks a 4-3 advantage with 8:51 left when he beat Lyon from the left circle off the rush. Johnston made it a two-goal edge when he tipped in a pass from Jansen Harkins with 8:13 remaining. It was also Johnston’s first goal of the season.
DeBrincat netted a power-play goal with 3:44 left to pull Detroit within 5-4. It was his seventh of the campaign.
Strome added an empty-net goal with 24 seconds to go, his fourth of the season.
Terry tied the game 3-3 with a power-play goal 3:54 into the third period. His shot from the top of the left circle was his team-leading sixth goal.
Zellweger scored just 1:12 into the game to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead. It was his third goal.
Kasper’s power-play goal had tied the game 7:59 into the first.
Berggren’s five-on-three power-play goal with 44 seconds left in the first period gave the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. It was his second goal of the season, both in the past two games.
Raymond gave Detroit a 3-1 lead 1:05 into the second period with his second goal.
Zegras notched a power-play goal with 2:16 left in the second period, pulling the Ducks within 3-2. It was his second goal.
–Field Level Media