Resilient Ducks halt Caps' 6-game win streak in shootout
Dec 5, 2025; Anaheim, California, USA; Anaheim Ducks right wing Troy Terry (19) and Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) battle for the puck during the first period at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Griffin Hooper-Imagn Images Beckett Sennecke and Ross Johnston each had a goal and an assist and the Ducks defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout Friday night in Anaheim.
Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout for the Ducks, who rallied three times from one-goal deficits in regulation. Ville Husso made 18 saves as Anaheim bounced back from a 7-0 home loss to the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday.
Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, who had won six straight and were finishing up a four-game road trip. Logan Thompson made 35 saves. Anthony Beauvillier scored Washington's lone shootout goal.
The Capitals took a 1-0 lead at 9:29 of the first period when Justin Sourdif tapped a loose puck back to Wilson for a one-timer from the high slot.
Washington rookie forward Ryan Leonard, who had a four-game point streak, left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury after a hit from Anaheim's Jacob Trouba.
Cutter Gauthier tied the score at 18:16. Sennecke carried down the right side and, as he started behind the net, fed to Gauthier, who scored from the low slot.
Frank gave Washington a 2-1 lead at 6:06 of the second period, scoring an unassisted goal when he knocked home a loose puck in front of the crease.
The lead lasted just 13 seconds, as Johnston tipped Radko Gudas' slap shot from the point past Thompson to tie it 2-2 at 6:19.
Protas put Washington back on top at 7:38. Husse made the save on Matt Roy's shot from the point, but Protas put the rebound in from the right post.
Sennecke tied it 3-3 at 17:59, scoring after he collected a loose puck in front of Thompson.
Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren (upper-body injury) did not dress, so part-time practice goalie Parker Milner signed a tryout agreement and dressed as Thompson's backup.
--Field Level Media
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