Canadiens' comeback effort falls short, handing Ducks 2nd regulation win of season
Montreal's Caufield scores twice in final frame before Anaheim finds net 3 more times
John Klingberg scored twice and the visiting 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.
Dostal won for the second time in the NHL.
"He was like a kid in a candy store," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "This is a very special building, obviously. And when I went after the game, just to talk to him for a couple minutes alone, that's 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's supposed to be fun."
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Cole Caufield had two third-period goals for Montreal. Jake Allen stopped 27 shots.
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' lead at 10:55 of the third with a slap shot from the point.
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