Ducks offer fiery response game, outlast Capitals in shootout

Key Highlights

• “They came out, they were hitting us.
• We were physical.
• We responded the right way.
• We didn't fold up and we didn't feel bad for ourselves for what happened the other night.
• The desperation we had in our game that we needed on home ice is what I liked the most.”The bruising Johnston put up his second career multi-point game of the season, third of his career, with the Ducks’ second game-tying goal and an assist on Anaheim’s third game-tying goal scored by rookie Beckett Sennecke. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It was a heavy, heavy hockey game,” Sennecke said, “and everyone was involved with rolling all the lines, and it was definitely kind of a team contribution today.”Sennecke regained the rookie points lead (22 points) and moved back into a tie for first in rookie goals (8 goals) with an assist on Cutter Gauthier’s game-tying goal in the first period and his own third-period tally. After a thrilling back-and-forth overtime and a recalled Leo Carlsson shootout attempt, Troy Terry and Mason McTavish froze Washington netminder Logan Thompson, and Ville Husso stopped two of three Capitals shooters for the win.“I thought right from the get go we did a really good job,” Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said.