Overview
- Anaheim erased a 2-0 deficit and won 3-2 in a shootout at Crypto.com Arena for a second straight victory after a nine-game skid.
- Rookie Beckett Sennecke logged two assists in regulation and converted in the tiebreaker before Mason McTavish netted the deciding third-round attempt.
- Tim Washe scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Strome added his first in about a month to fuel the rally.
- Joel Armia returned with a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, Quinton Byfield opened the scoring 98 seconds in, and both goalies made 26 saves.
- Anaheim played without top scorers Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry, with one report saying Carlsson had left-thigh surgery for a 3–5 week absence, as the Ducks closed to within a point of the Kings during L.A.'s extended slump.