{"id":392933,"date":"2026-01-06T03:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/392933\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:47:13","slug":"justin-sourdif-scores-his-first-hat-trick-to-lead-the-capitals-to-a-7-4-win-over-the-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/392933\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Sourdif scores his first hat trick to lead the Capitals to a 7-4 win over the Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — – Justin Sourdif<\/a> scored his first NHL hat trick and added two assists and the Washington Capitals<\/a> beat the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> 7-4 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin<\/a> scored twice, Ryan Leonard<\/a> had a goal and an assist, John Carlson<\/a> also scored and Connor McMichael<\/a> had four assists for the Capitals, who ended a two-game slide. Charlie Lindgren<\/a> made 41 saves in the win.<\/p>\n

Chris Kreider<\/a>, Alex Killorn<\/a>, Jacob Trouba<\/a> and Beckett Sennecke<\/a> scored for the Ducks, who have lost six straight. Petr Mrazek<\/a> stopped 19 of 24 through two periods. He was replaced by Lukas Dostal<\/a> to start the third. Dostal stopped all three shots he faced.<\/p>\n

Kreider opened the scoring just 6:33 into the first period, ending a 15-game goal drought.<\/p>\n

Sourdif evened the score, firing home a drop pass from Connor McMichael in the slot. Three minutes later, the rookie struck again, beating Mrazek glove side to give Washington a 2-1 lead going into the second.<\/p>\n

Sourdif picked up where he left off, finding Ryan Leonard, who banked in a shot off Mrazek to make it 3-1. Just 1:36 later, Leonard returned the favor, setting up Sourdif for a tap-in for his third goal of the game. Ovechkin then rifled home a wrister from the left circle to end a four-game goal drought.<\/p>\n

Sourdif is the ninth rookie in franchise history to get a hat trick and the first since Jan. 13, 2006, when Ovechkin did it at Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Anaheim had a furious rally in the third, outshooting Washington 17-5.<\/p>\n

The Capitals were without Tom Wilson<\/a>, who was named to Canada’s Olympic roster<\/a> on Wednesday, and Aliaksei Protas<\/a>, who are listed as day-to-day.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Ducks: Continue a four-game road trip in Philadelphia on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Capitals: Host Dallas on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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