Sennecke completes 1st NHL hat trick in OT, Ducks top Flames for 7th win in row

CALGARY -- Beckett Sennecke completed his first NHL hat trick by scoring at 2:54 of overtime for the Anaheim Ducks, who rallied to win their seventh straight game, 4-3 against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday.

Sennecke skated in on a 2-on-1 and snapped a shot over Dustin Wolf’s glove from the right circle. It was his 18th goal of the season, the most among rookies in the NHL.

“I noticed they had an extra forward caught down low, so I just tried to get speed up, and then their 'D' kind of took the pass away, so I just decided to shoot it and it went in,” Sennecke said. “It’s awesome, definitely something I’ll remember. It was my first game in Canada, so that’s pretty awesome, too.”

Chris Kreider tied it in the third period, and Mikael Granlund and Alex Killorn each had two assists for the Ducks (28-21-3), who were playing the first game of a back-to-back. Lukas Dostal made 32 saves.

“All credit to the guys to bounce back,” Dostal said before commending Sennecke for his performance. “He’s a great player. Obviously, a big congratulations to him tonight. He got three goals and [his] first career hat trick, and hopefully more to come.”

Hunter Brzustewicz scored his first NHL goal for the Flames (21-25-6), who went 1-2-2 on a five-game homestand. Matt Coronato had a goal and an assist, and Wolf made 17 saves.

“I thought there was a lot more positive things for us tonight, for sure,” Calgary coach Ryan Huska said. “Another good start. I thought we had a bit of a lull in the second period again, but we got back to our game in the third period. Tonight, I felt like there was a lot for us to build on.”

Jonathan Huberdeau gave Calgary a 1-0 lead at 6:17 of the first period. Mikael Backlund's initial shot following a hard drive to the net was stopped by Dostal, but Huberdeau swatted at the rebound before the puck eventually deflected in off Anaheim defenseman Jackson LaCombe.

Brzustewicz, who was playing in his 18th career game, made it 2-0 at 7:56. He tried to send a cross-ice to Joel Farabee from the left circle but had it deflect into the net off the stick of LaCombe.

“It [stinks] that we couldn’t come out with the win, but it felt good in the moment,” Brzustewicz said. "[Adam Klapka] picked me up like I was his kid or something. I don’t even know what happened really. He just picked me up and twirled me around like I was a little string bean out there. It was a lot of fun.”

Sennecke cut it to 2-1 at 3:22 of the second period. Situated in front of the net, Killorn took a pass from Granlund before sending a short backhand feed to Sennecke, who one-timed it glove side on Wolf from the right circle.

“It’s just one of those games where everything kind of goes in for you,” Sennecke said. “You get them every once in a while.”

Sennecke then tied it 2-2 at 12:41. He took a backdoor pass from Granlund at the left post on a 3-on-2 rush and scored over Wolf’s outstretched right pad.

“He had a special night tonight,” Anaheim coach Joel Quenneville said. “He’s one of these kids that’s just growing as the season has gone along here. Has the puck a lot, likes to keep it, sometimes a little bit too long, but at the same time, he can make high-end plays.”

Coronato put the Flames ahead 3-2 at 4:50 of the third period with a power-play goal. He took a pass from Matvei Gridin at the left post and lifted a shot over Dostal.

Kreider tied it 3-3 at 13:08, scoring on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Ryan Poehling on a 2-on-1.

“Nice goal, nice play,” Quenneville said. “The timing of getting that 2-on-1 was a great finish as well.”

NOTES: Sennecke became the fourth rookie in Ducks history to score a hat trick. At 19 years and 362 days, he also became the second-youngest player in Ducks history to score a hat trick, behind only Leo Carlsson (18 years, 319 days). ... The Ducks earned their League-leading seventh multigoal comeback win this season.