Overview
- The Ducks rallied from a 3-0 first-period deficit to beat Ottawa 6-3 on Sunday night with Cutter Gauthier scoring a hat trick and Judd Caulfield adding two goals and an assist.
- Anaheim's power play was decisive, converting four of five chances to score four of the six unanswered goals and shift momentum late in the second and early in the third period.
- Goaltender Laurent Brossoit, recalled from AHL San Diego and started unexpectedly, made 19–20 saves in his Anaheim debut and steadied the net after a rocky opening period.
- Ottawa opened with goals from Philip Tomasino, Claude Giroux and Michael Amadio and Jonas Johansson made 27 saves, and the game featured a long review that resulted in Dylan Cozens being ejected for a hit on A.J. Greer.
- The win stops a damaging slide for Anaheim that included blown multi-goal leads and a high goals-against rate, but the team still faces roster and defensive questions as it begins a Western Canada road trip to Vancouver.