Ducks players celebrate after defeating the Boston Bruins, 4-3, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) and Boston Bruins defenseman Henri Jokiharju battle for control of the puck during the first period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks players celebrate after a goal during the first period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks left wing Chris Kreider controls the puck during the first period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins right wing Matěj Blümel celebrates with the bench after scoring a goal during the first period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Peeke (26) controls the puck during the first period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome (16) scores past Boston Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) during the second period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome (16) scores against Boston Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) during the second period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome reacts after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome celebrates with the bench after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome (16), center, and teammates watch from the bench after he scored a goal during the second period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks left wing Cutter Gauthier controls the puck during the second period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins center Michael Eyssimont reacts after scoring during the second period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The Boston Bruins celebrate after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks center Ryan Strome controls the puck during the second period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Peekem left, and Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) battle for control of the puck during the third period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Peeke, left, and Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas, right, battle for control of the puck during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins center Morgan Geekie (39) celebrates with the bench after scoring a goal during the third period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins left wing Jeffrey Viel, left, and Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas scuffle during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins left wing Jeffrey Viel, left, and Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (7) scuffle during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins left wing Jeffrey Viel, right, and Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (7) scuffle during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins left wing Jeffrey Viel (48) is helped to the bench after scuffling with Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas, not pictured, during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal, right, blocks a shot on goal as the Boston Bruins’ Michael Eyssimont (81) looks for a potential rebound during the third period on Wednesday night at the Honda Center. Dostal made 36 saves in a 4-3 win. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
Boston Bruins defenseman Henri Jokiharju passes the puck during the third period of their game against the Ducks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Boston Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei, left, and Ducks left wing Cutter Gauthier battle for control of the puck during the third period on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ducks left wing Chris Kreider (20) celebrates after teammate Ian Moore scored a go-ahead goal during the final minutes of the third period of their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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Ducks players celebrate after defeating the Boston Bruins, 4-3, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Honda Center. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
ANAHEIM — It wasn’t quite the heart-stopper from last month in Boston, but there was no shortage of thrills at the Honda Center on Wednesday night as the Ducks completed a season sweep of the Bruins with a 4-3 victory.
Jansen Harkins, captain Radko Gudas, Ryan Strome and Ian Moore each scored a goal for the Pacific Division-leading Ducks (13-6-1, 27 points), while Mason McTavish contributed two primary assists, providing a strong response to his demotion to the fourth line on Monday. Lukáš Dostál made 36 saves to give the Ducks a sixth straight home win.
Morgan Geekie scored twice for Boston (12-10-0, 24 points), with Mikey Eyssimont adding a goal. Former Duck Hampus Lindholm chipped in two assists. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 29 shots.
The Ducks have won nine of their past 12 games, while Boston lost for just the third time in 11 outings.
Both teams feature first-year head coaches and, in Boston’s case, a first-time head coach in Marco Sturm, the NHL’s first German-born bench boss. Neither club made the playoffs last season but both were in playoff spots Wednesday, propelled by recent seven-game winning streaks.
“It was a hard-fought game. It kind of reminded me of the game in Boston,” Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said of a 7-5 Ducks win. “We were fortunate at the end of the night, we scored the big goal late, and tonight we got the same result even though they had the territorial edge on us.”
After retroceding a lead they had held since the third minute of the game, the Ducks reclaimed it with 3:35 to play. Moore started the sequence with an outlet pass and finished it with a one-timer from above the circles. It was his second goal of the campaign, off a feed from Leo Carlsson and through a Chris Kreider screen.
“(Moore) reads plays well, he can play both sides and he scored a huge goal for us tonight,” Quenneville said. “He sees a lot of things that are going on and with that extra second of play recognition, all of a sudden he selects the next option, which is pretty high-end.”
Quenneville said he felt his team played his best once the match was tied, something Moore credited to the veterans on the bench.
“It speaks to the leadership in the room. The bench doesn’t go quiet when we have a down part of the game. If anything, it gets louder,” Moore said.
Early in the third period, Gudas clipped Eyssimont in the neutral zone and sent him spinning like a top before he grabbed his knee in obvious discomfort. Jeffrey Viel stepped in and challenged Gudas to a fight, earning Viel a game misconduct and the Ducks a power play.
Yet the Ducks failed to cash in and instead gave Boston a man-advantage opportunity from Harkins’ needless cross-check of David Pastrnak. That led to Geekie’s second goal off a redirection in the high slot of Pastrnak’s shot. Dostál later foiled Geekie’s golden chance at a hat trick and a go-ahead goal.
“That save he made on Geekie with like eight minutes left was just an unbelievable save, that’s one of the better saves I’ve seen this year,” Strome said.
In the middle frame, Boston continued its relentless assault and Dostál repelled puck after puck, until with 93 seconds remaining Eyssimont waited out Moore in the right circle before creating a shooting angle to beat Dostál short side, whittling the Ducks’ lead to one goal.
The previous goal loomed large, and the Ducks scored it not once but twice.
First, McTavish tucked the puck inside the post but his goal was disallowed because he had made contact with Korpisalo, who never had a chance to reset his position. Then, the Ducks deposited a goal for real, on the power play.
McTavish’s low-flying shot-pass was deflected skyward from the side of the net by Strome for his first goal of the season.
“I thought (McTavish) played his best game in a while,” Quenneville said.
The first period had the feel of a track meet that gave way to a boxing match, with the two teams combining for 29 shots and Frank Vatrano finishing the frame in the dressing room after he took down Alex Steeves in a late-period fight.
That scrap came on the heels of a phenomenal save by Dostál, who robbed Nikita Zadorov of an equalizer as he attempted to finish a two-on-one rush.
Such near-misses abounded for both sides, but the Bruins converted just once, scoring on the power play with 5:02 left in the period. Geekie’s tip was touched twice but never controlled by Dostál, who faced 18 shots in the period. In 42 instances this season, an NHL team has recorded 18 or fewer shots on goal in an entire game.
Strome, Cutter Gauthier and Alex Killorn were among the Ducks with unfulfilled chances during the opening 20 minutes, during which they scored twice.
At 6:29, Gudas notched his first goal of the season off a snapshot through heavy traffic after a solid pass from McTavish and some resourceful puck protection by Beckett Sennecke.
The Ducks ignited the scoring four minutes earlier, after Moore’s puck recovery led to a Nikita Nesterenko shot attempt that hit Ross Johnston’s body. Johnston moved the puck across to Harkins for his second goal of the season and Johnston’s first point since Oct. 25.
“We stuck with it really well tonight. It wasn’t the perfect game, but I thought we were committed throughout and found a way to get it done. That’s a sign of a good team,” Strome said.