Recap: Terry's Hat Trick Lifts Ducks to 4-1 Win Over Flyers

Troy Terry hit the 20-goal plateau with his first career hat trick, leading the Ducks to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at Honda Center. With the win, the Ducks improved to 18-11-7 (43 points) on the season, two points behind first place Vegas.
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"For us, that's as big a win as I can remember this year," head coach Dallas Eakins said. "That was, to a man, everyone doing their job, everybody fully committed to a game plan. We had excellent goaltending, our D were solid, our forwards played all their roles to a T. We got big saves when they needed them. We had big blocked shots, especially late. When we needed them, both our penalty kill and our power play, our special teams chipped in. And we had some really unselfish plays too."
With three goals, Terry scored the 59th hat trick in franchise history and the first since Isac Lundestrom's three-goal performance last March vs. St. Louis. Terry ranks third among NHL leaders in goals (21).
"I'm extremely proud of Troy Terry," Eakins said. "I've seen this kid right from day one. For him to be where he's at, goal-scoring, as a big influencer and driver on our team, it's fun to watch. I think that's one of the real privileges of coaching is to see these guys grow into players."
John Gibson stopped 28-of-29 shots to record his 12th win of the season. Anaheim has earned points in 15 of Gibson's last 21 starts (10-6-5). He leads NHL netminders in time on ice (1634:43) and saves (794), and now sits two wins from tying Jonas Hiller (162) for third-most wins in Ducks history.
Sonny Milano also scored in Anaheim's first win of 2022. The win also marked the 100th career victory for Eakins as an NHL head coach.
Playing without several every night forwards due to injuries and COVID-19 protocol, Anaheim turned to its depth and was rewarded with gritty efforts up and down the lineup. Rookie Bryce Kindopp made his NHL debut, registering two shots and one takeaway in 6:06 of ice time while Danny O'Regan also appeared in his first game as a Duck, logging two blocked shots in a career-high 18:32.
"For us to just win a game with this group that we had, it was a testament to how much this group plays for each other, no matter who's in," Terry said. "We've got a bunch of new faces. It's just the way that this is group is wired, and it's special to be a part of. We're going to play for each other."
"We talked about it before the game. You're not always going to be the favorite going in," Eakins added. "They're favored, you're banged up, got to have a game plan, almost rope-a-dope it a little bit. I thought we executed our game plan almost for the full 60."
Anaheim raced out to an early two-goal lead thanks to a terrific opening period by Terry.
The 24-year-old winger opened the scoring just three minutes after the night's initial faceoff, but Ducks fans at Honda Center had to wait a few extra moments to celebrate the goal, and then another couple minutes before realizing the goal scorer was in fact Terry.

Off an errant shot by defenseman Jamie Drysdale, the puck carromed out to Hampus Lindholm, who quickly fired a bid of his own on net while Flyers netminder Carter Hart frantically tried to find the puck. Lindholm's shot rang off the post and ricocheted away from the net, with the Flyers collecting the puck and skating it out of their defensive zone, seemingly out of trouble.
Seconds later though, the puck was deflected out of play and, after a short review, Anaheim was awarded the game's opening goal.
Terry doubled the lead midway through the period, getting to a loose puck at center ice, racing around Flyers defender Travis Sanheim for a breakway and then lifting a backhand shot past an outstretched Hart.

With his second of the night, Terry became Anaheim's youngest 20-goal scorer since Ondrej Kase in 2017-18.
Philadelphia got on the board late in the first period when Cam Atkinson redirected a centering pass by Joel Farabee for his 13th goal of the season.
The Ducks reclaimed the two-goal edge with just over two minutes to play in the middle frame on a tic-tac-toe passing play by a makeshift power-play unit. Milano played catch with Jamie Drsydale just inside the Philadelphia defensive zone, before Drysdale turned to set up Sam Steel in the right faceoff circle. Steel got the puck on and off his stick in a hurry, zipping a cross-seam pass to Milano who tapped it in for the backdoor goal.

The goal marked Milano's 23rd point of the season, a new career high. The third-year Duck ranks second among team leaders in goals (nine), third in points (9-14=23) and tied for third in assists.
Trailing by two in the final period and playing the final contest of a four-game road trip, Philadelphia went on attack in the third, peppering Gibson with 15 shots, but could not beat the man from the opposite end of Pennsylvania.
Gibson made maybe his best stops of the night with just under 10 minutes to play in regulation, lunging to his right to shut down a shot by Rasmus Ristolainen and then following up with another save on the rebound opportunity.
Terry completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal, capitalizing on an unselfish play by Max Comtois to set Terry up at center ice, sealing Anaheim's 4-1 win in the final minute of regulation.

"In my mind, I was 100 percent trying to go to him," Comtois said. "I didn't care if I was going to get hit in the third row of the stands. That puck was going to his stick. I think he's having an awesome year. Twenty-one goals already, tied with a lot of good players in this league. That just proves how good of a player he is. He finds the right spot on the ice, he attacks defensemen, he's not scared of using his skill. One hundred percent that puck was going to him."
"It's a testament to him as a teammate," Terry said of his linemate. "We were tired. He could have just got the puck out and tried to send it to the net. He made a high-end play, an unselfish play over to me. He's a guy that's had to battle through some adversity this year, and the way he's come back and just the teammate that he is and the driver on the ice that he's being, it's huge for our team."
The Ducks continue their four-game homestand Thursday vs. Detroit.