Capitals 3-0 Ducks (Jan 14, 2025) Match Summary

WASHINGTON — – Logan Thompson stopped all 19 shots he faced in his first shutout of the season and the Washington Capitals beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Making his second straight start and third straight since Charlie Lindgren was injured, Thompson made a handful of saves on quality scoring chances and many timely ones to improve to 19-2-3 since joining the Capitals.

Brandon Duhaime had a goal and an assist, and John Carlson and Ethen Frank also scored for the Capitals, who have won two straight after alternating wins and losses in their previous nine dating to Dec. 23.

Duhaime scored when the puck tapped in off the back of his right skate, and he also picked up a secondary assist on Frank’s second in three NHL games since being called up from the minors.

John Gibson made 22 saves for Anaheim, which lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Takeaways

Ducks: They couldn’t transfer momentum from one 3-2 overtime win at Carolina Sunday and remains near the bottom of the Western Conference.

Capitals: Thompson can carry the load while Lindgren is out. No back-to-backs on the schedule until the end of February helps.

Key moment

After a dominant start in which the Capitals possessed the puck in the offensive zone for long stretches, Jakob Chychrun crashed the net to make it 1-0 by deflecting his shot from Duhaime into the net.

Key state

Frank is the sixth player in franchise history to record a point in each of his first three NHL games. Alex Ovechkin was the most recent to do so, in his first eight in 2005-06.

Next

The Ducks make their fifth stop on a six-game road trip Thursday night in Tampa Bay, the same night the Capitals play in Ottawa.

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