MONTREAL (AP) 鈥� John Klingberg scored twice and the Anaheim Ducks won in regulation for only the second time this season, beating the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday night.
Troy Terry also scored for Anaheim, Adam Henrique and Frank Vatrano added empty-netters and Lukas Dostal made 23 saves. The Ducks improved to 8-20-3, ending a three-game skid.
Dostal was called up from San Diego of the AHL only five days ago.
鈥淚 had pure joy before the game,鈥� Dostal said. 鈥淚 was nervous and the guys were saying how awesome it is to play here, so I was just wondering about the atmosphere, right? And, I can tell. It was awesome.鈥�
Dostal won for the second time in the NHL.
鈥淗e was like a kid in a candy store,鈥� Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. 鈥淭his is a very special building, obviously. And when I went after the game, just to talk to him for a couple minutes alone, that鈥檚 all he talked about was the building, the atmosphere, how much fun it was and it kind of reminds you that this is a game and it鈥檚 supposed to be fun.鈥�
Cole Caufield had two third-period goals for Montreal. Jake Allen stopped 27 shots.
鈥淚 just think we could鈥檝e found our game a little bit,鈥� Caufield said. 鈥淲e were playing with a lot more fight down two, nothing to lose really, and we battled back so you can look at that as a positive, but we just came up short.鈥�
The Ducks entered without a goal in their past two games and a total of eight periods. They changed that with two quick goals late in the first period.
Terry broke through on a power play with 2:32 to go with his 12th of the season, and Klingberg connected 28 seconds later.
After Montreal rallied to tie it, Klingberg restored the Ducks鈥� lead at 10:55 of the third with a slap shot from the point.
UP NEXT
Ducks: At Edmonton on Saturday.
Canadiens: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
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