Ducks rally for 5-4 win over Oilers in OT

In Edmonton Sunday night, the visiting Anaheim Ducks were down and nearly out trailing 3-1 to the Oilers.

But the Ducks rallied in the third period with three goals to tie the game and force extra time.

In the extra session, Hampus Lindholm scored with 1:21 gone to lift the Ducks to a 5-4 win and enabled them to grab two points in the decision.

Anaheim is now clear in the third spot in the Pacific Division.

“We were certainly in a funk for the first two periods,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “We made a decision if we were going to get ourselves back involved in the game that we were going to have to play at a much more passionate level, and we were going to have to be more determined and execute to a higher level and everybody had to get involved in playing the game the right way.”

Adam Henrique led the charge in the third period with two goals.

“I think we just got to our game, put pucks in and got to our forecheck game,” Henrique said. “It was a bit of a grind in the third there and we were getting pucks and bodies to the net. We knew we had to come out hard and not leave anything on the table, and obviously we got a huge goal in overtime too.”

John Gibson made 28 saves to pick up the win.

“The first two periods, we were not there at all and we were lucky [Gibson] kept us in the game,” Lindholm said. “At least this time, we could help him out and respond there and we were able to get a win. That was huge for us.”

Connor McDavid, Ty Rattie, Leon Draisaitl, and Ethan Bear scored for the Oilers.

McDavid now has 99 points on the season with a goal and three points in the loss.

“When you are up 3-1 in the third period, you have to find a way to close those out. It’s frustrating,” McDavid said.

Josh Manson and Corey Perry also struck for the Ducks who improved to 39-24-13.

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Cam Talbot made 33 saves in taking the loss.

“I thought their big boys really picked their play up in the third, and I thought we ran out of gas,” Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said. “We’ve played a lot of hockey. I think we’ve played three sets of back-to-backs in less two weeks and a little bit of travel, and I think it’s catching up and we’re a tired team not only physically, but a little bit mentally.”