In Anaheim, Trevor Zegras hit for his second goal of the game on Tuesday, in overtime to give the Ducks a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
The win was the eighth straight for the Ducks.
Ryan Getzlaf had an assist for his 1,000th NHL point. He is the first American player to reach that lofty milestone, seventh NHLer to get there.
“I’m just trying to do what I can do out there to the best of my abilities,” Getzlaf said. “I still feel like I’m producing and challenging guys around me.”
It was also the Ducks’ franchise 1,000th win.
“How is it that we get our 1,000th win, and our hotshot rookie wins the game for us, (and) our captain gets his 1,000th point?” Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins said. “It’s unbelievable.”
Anaheim improved to 10-4-3,
John Gibson made 28 saves in the Ducks win.
The Caps’ Garrett Pilon scored his first NHL goal,
Washington dropped to 9-2-5.
“You’ve got to show up and play everybody hard,” Washington head coach Peter Laviolette said. “[The Ducks] are off to a good start, and they get a lot of contributions from not only their offense, but their defense as well.”
Cam Fowler scored for the Ducks to give them a 1-0 lead in the first period.
“It was kind of just the perfect story, 1,000 points (for Getzlaf), 1,000th win for the franchise came in overtime versus a really good hockey team over there,” Zegras said. “Giving up that goal late, we were obviously a little rattled, but I think everybody kind of rallied for that overtime and it was nice to get the win.”
Zegras put the Ducks ahead 2-1 with first of the night at the midway mark of the third period.
“They scored and we were kind of chasing the game the whole time,” Laviolette said.
Tom Wilson scored with less than three minutes left on the clock to force the extra session.
Vitek Vanecek made 28 saves in the Capitals loss.
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