Ducks rally to top Stars 6-3

▶ Ondrej Kase notches first hat trick in career

Ondrej Kase recorded his first career hat trick and Brandon Montour added the go-ahead goal with eight minutes remaining as the Anaheim Ducks scored four times in the third period to rally for a 6-3 victory over the visiting Dallas Stars.

Kase’s third goal and Montour’s game-winner came 1:21 apart in the third period as the Ducks relentlessly attacked the Stars goal for their seventh win in the last eight games. Jakob Silfverberg added a quick insurance goal as the Ducks matched their season high for goals in a game.

Miro Heiskanen and Blake Comeau scored in a 2:06 span in the second period for the Stars, who lost for just the second time in their last six games. Alexander Radulov also scored in the second period for the Stars, who still won the season series against the Ducks 2-1.

The Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf had an assist to record his 900th career point. Getzlaf’s assist came on a second-period goal from Kase. The last NHL player to record his 900th point was the Stars’ Jason Spezza in November.

The Stars were outplayed in the opening period by the Ducks, who not only took a 1-0 lead on Kase’s first goal 6:38 into the game, they were outshot 13-5. But the Stars rebounded quickly to take a 3-1 lead in the second period and were 11 minutes away from a victory when the Ducks went on the attack.

Kase’s second goal cut the Ducks’ deficit to 3-2 with 3:30 left in the second period. He added his third goal and eighth of the season with 10:45 remaining to tie the game 3-3.

The Ducks stayed on the attack and Montour delivered his fifth goal of the season at 12:06, beating Stars goalie Ben Bishop who was well out of position leaving Montour a wide open net on the right side. Montour also added three assists, all in the final period.

Silfverberg’s goal at 13:44 of the third period came on a deflection off his skate. The goal was confirmed via replay giving Silfverberg his fourth goal in four games and his ninth of the season.

The Ducks tacked on a final goal with 30 seconds remining when Hampus Lindholm scored from long range into an empty net. It was Lindholm’s fourth of the season.

The Ducks, who had been struggling for offense heading into December, have now scored 22 goals in their last five games as they improved to 6-1-2 in their last nine home games.

The Stars fell to 9-2-1 against Pacific Division teams.

The Ducks went 3-1 on their just completed four-game homestand. They will open a season-long six-game road trip on Saturday at Columbus and with a four-day break for Christmas.