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03/15 21:17 CDT Cutter Gauthier breaks late tie in the Ducks' 4-3 victory over
the Canadiens
Cutter Gauthier breaks late tie in the Ducks' 4-3 victory over the Canadiens
MONTREAL (AP) --- Cutter Gauthier scored with 2:30 left, Leo Carlsson had two
goals and an assist and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on
Sunday night to regain the Pacific Division lead.
Alone in front of the net, Gauthier took Jeffrey Viel's behind-the-back pass
and snapped a shot past goalie Jacob Fowler.
Troy Terry added a goal and two assists in his return from an upper-body injury
to help Anaheim improve to 37-27-3 and move a point ahead of Vegas in the
Pacific Division. Chris Kreider had two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves.
Terry missed nine games. He tied it at 3 with 4:21 left in the five-goal second
period when his pass deflected off the skate of Montreal forward Josh Anderson
and over Fowler's shoulder.
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist for Montreal, Alex Newhook and Cole
Caufield also scored. Fowler stopped 24 shots in his second start since being
recalled from the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket on Wednesday.
The Canadiens were coming off a 3-2 loss to San Jose on Saturday. They are
third in the Atlantic Division, two points behind Tampa Bay.
Defenseman John Carlson finally made his Ducks debut after coming over in a
trade-deadline deal with Washington. He played 23 minutes in his return from a
lower-body injury.
Montreal forward Kirby Dach left early in game because of an upper-body injury
after a high hit from Viel.
Viel caught Dach in Anaheim's end three minutes in after the Montreal forward
swatted at the puck with his arm but missed. Dach fell to the ice with his face
in his gloves before gingerly making his way to the bench, and eventually to
the dressing room. Viel was not penalized.
The hit came three days after Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas ended Toronto
captain Auston Matthews' season with a knee-on-knee hit. Matthews has a torn
medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Gudas was given a major penalty
and ejected, then suspended five games for kneeing --- the maximum the
Department of Safety could levy because the hearing was by phone.
Up next
Ducks: Host Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
Canadiens: Host Boston on Tuesday night.
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