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Ducks stick to the details in OT win, sweep weekend set from Kings

Story byAnaheim Ducks center Mason McTavish (23) celebrates a goal in the first period with teammates during an NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings on January 17, 2026 in Anaheim, CA. (Darwin Walker - The Sporting Tribune)Zach CavanaghSun, January 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC·7 min readANAHEIM, Calif. – Whatever abyss the Anaheim Ducks were falling in to open the month, they have scratched and clawed their way out of it, and the Ducks are, once again, streaking. The Ducks continued to hone the hard-working details of their game to grind down the Los Angeles Kings, and in overtime, Beckett Sennecke’s defensive hustle sprung Mikael Granlund for the game-winner, 2-1, at Honda Center on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnaheim swept the home-and-home back-to-backs with a shootout win in Los Angeles on Friday, and with Saturday’s overtime victory, the Ducks took the season series over the Kings for the first time since 2017-18. Following a nine-game winless streak, the Ducks have won three straight for the first time since Dec.

Ducks stick to the details in OT win, sweep weekend set from Kings

Credit: Anaheim Ducks center Mason McTavish (23) celebrates a goal in the first period with teammates during an NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings on January 17, 2026 in Anaheim, CA.

Key Highlights

  • 9.“We knew it was gonna be a big week for us, big weekend for us, and we came through,” Granlund said.
  • “We're playing the right way right now, so that gives us a chance to win these games.
  • We did that again tonight, and it was a really tight game.”Mason McTavish put the Ducks ahead in the first period on a well-executed, multi-level transition play, but Adrian Kempe leveled the game for the Kings on a five-on-three in the second period–one of five Los Angeles power plays in the period. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementVille Husso made 17 saves in the win, and Anton Forsberg made 31 saves in the Kings’ league-leading 13th overtime/shootout loss.“I think we played the right way.
  • Stayed on top of them a lot,” McTavish said.
  • “Penalty kill was unreal today.
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