Tim Washe’s first goal helps Ducks earn shootout win over Kings
Tim Washe scored his first NHL goal and the visiting Anaheim Ducks erased a two-goal deficit en route to winning 3-2 in a shootout against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.
Washe was playing in his sixth NHL game, his fourth this season.
Ryan Strome also scored while Beckett Sennecke had two assists and scored in the shootout for the Ducks, who have won two in a row after a nine-game losing streak (0-8-1). Mason McTavish netted the shootout winner, and Lukas Dostal made 26 saves.
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist, Quinton Byfield also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves for the Kings, who have lost three in a row (0-1-2) and five of six (1-2-3). Brandt Clarke netted Los Angeles' lone shootout goal.
At 1:38 of the first period, Byfield kept the puck on the 3-on-1 rush and took a snap shot from the right circle, scoring on the short side for a 1-0 lead.
Dostal made a save on a short-handed breakaway by Armia, and Los Angeles' Taylor Ward and Adrian Kempe hit the crossbar later in the first period to keep it a one-goal game heading to the second.
The Kings scored 11 seconds after Anaheim killed its third penalty of the game. Andre Lee fed Armia for a one-timer from the left circle to make it 2-0 at 11:33 of the second.
Armia had missed the previous five games with an upper-body injury.
The Ducks came back with two goals in a 2:44 span later in the second period to tie.
Strome scored with a one-timer from the top of the right circle to bring the Ducks within one at 12:12.
Jacob Trouba's shot from the right point went wide, caromed off the end boards and out the other side, and Washe was there to score from a sharp angle to tie it 2-2 at 14:56.
The teams will meet again in Anaheim on Saturday.