Terry’s first hat trick lifts Ducks
DUCKS 4 PHILADELPHIA 1
Troy Terry scored his first NHL hat trick, and the Ducks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Tuesday night at Honda Center.
The right wing is third in the league with 21 goals, including 11 that have tied the score or given the Ducks a lead.
He had a pair of goals in the first period and completed the first hat trick of his five-year career on an empty-net goal with 49 seconds remaining.
Sonny Milano also scored and Jamie Drysdale had two assists for the Ducks, who ended a four-game skid. John Gibson stopped 28 shots.
Ducks coach Dallas Eakins earned his 100th NHL victory behind the bench.
Cam Atkinson scored Philadelphia’s goal, and Carter Hart made 29 saves.
The Flyers have dropped three in a row. They were without leading scorer Claude Giroux and defenseman Ivan Provorov after they were placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols.
Hampus Lindholm fired a shot from the top of the left circle that was tipped in by Terry at 3:21 of the first period. It was originally ruled no goal after the puck hit the near post, but a replay review determined it crossed the goal line.
Six minutes later, Terry got the puck in the neutral zone, put a nifty move on Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim and f lipped in a shot on the breakaway.
Atkinson brought the Flyers to 2-1 with 1:18 remaining in the first on a redirect of Joel Farabee’s pass. Atkinson has 13 goals this season, but it was his first since he had a hat trick against New Jersey on Dec. 14.
Milano scored the Ducks’ sixth power-play goal in his last six games with 2:11 left in the second period.