Overview
- Anaheim blasted San Jose 6-1 on Thursday, ending a six-game losing streak and securing its first win since March 26.
- Carlson scored three times, including two third-period power-play goals, and completed the hat trick with 5:57 to play.
- Leo Carlsson, Alex Killorn and Frank Vatrano added goals, Beckett Sennecke posted two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 16 saves as Anaheim fell 7:20 short of its first shutout in 160 games.
- Since joining the Ducks at the deadline, Carlson has 12 points in 13 games and has steadied one of the NHL’s weakest defenses.
- It was the 1,156th game of Carlson’s NHL career, with RMNB noting he had none in 1,143 games for the Capitals and NHLPR listing only two other defensemen 36 or older to record a hat trick.