Recap: Kase's Hat Trick Leads Ducks to 6-3 Victory Over Dallas

ANAHEIM - Ondrej Kase picked a wonderful time to polish off the first hat trick of his young career.

Kase's third goal of the night dramatically tied the game midway through the third period in an eventual 6-3 Ducks victory over the Dallas Stars at Honda Center. The goal ignited a four-goal flurry by the Ducks in the third that helped them ultimately coast to their ninth win in the last 11 games.
After surrendering three unanswered to the Stars to fall into a 3-1 hole, Kase's second of the night got the Ducks back in it with 3:30 to go in the second, as he whipped home a shot from the left wing circle off a Ryan Getzlaf feed. The assist was the 900th career point for Getzlaf, good enough for second in Ducks franchise history behind Teemu Selanne's 988.

"He's been a clutch goal scorer numerous times for our hockey club," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "He's been the energizer bunny. He's that type of player that seems to hound the puck. Now he's getting rewarded for the hard work he's putting in."
The hat trick goal knotted the game with 9:15 left when he swung at a bouncing puck and flew it by frozen Dallas goalie Ben Bishop. It also gave Kase five goals in the past four games.

"I just closed my eyes and shot the puck," Kase said. "I had room, so I just tried to hit the net. It was amazing," Kase said. "I'm so happy. It's the first one. It was a good game for us."
Just about a minute and a half later, the Ducks retook the lead when Brandon Montour settled a bouncing puck and threw it into an open net from the right wing circle. Montour would eventually have four points in the third period alone.

"We're a resilient group," Montour said. "Guys aren't quitting until the game is over. It was nice to see that tonight."
Jakob Silfverberg appeared to give the Ducks a two-goal cushion with 6:16 left after knocking in an Andrew Cogliano feed off his heel, but officials ruled on the ice no goal, claiming that he kicked the puck in the net. A challenge and a quick replay review revealed it was unintentional, and the goal was counted for a 5-3 Anaheim lead.

Dallas sent Bishop to the bench for an extra attacker with a hefty four minutes left in the game, and the Ducks eventually made them pay when Hampus Lindholm hit the empty net dead center from deep in his own zone to make it 6-3.

Pontus Aberg set the table for the game's first goal with a beautiful cross-ice pass to Kase, seconds after a bad giveaway behind the net by Dallas defenseman Gavin Bayreuther.

Dallas got two quick ones in the second to take the lead, the first coming from Miro Heiskanen on the power play and the next courtesy of a Blake Comeau tap-in on the rush just two minutes later.
The Stars made it 3-1 on another power play on a snipe from the right wing by Alexander Radulov that found the top corner far side.
But Anaheim came surging back with five unanswered and dominated the third period from start to finish.
"We just established what we wanted to do," Getzlaf said. "We showed glimpses of it throughout the game, but the third period we came out and executed the way we wanted to on our forecheck as well as getting the puck out of our zone."
After going 3-1-0 on their recent homestand, they hit the road for five straight starting Saturday in Columbus.