Recap: Ducks Grab a Point, Fall 3-2 in Shootout to Rival Kings

Sam Carrick and Jakob Silfverberg scored but the Ducks could not capture the shootout winner tonight in LA, falling 3-2 to the rival Kings at Crypto.com Arena.

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Despite collecting one standings point, the Ducks fell to 20-34-3 on the season and 2-4-1 since returning from the NHL All-Star Break. Anaheim now sits 0-1-1 in this season's iteration of the Freeway Face-Off.

Carrick and Silfverberg each gave the Ducks one-goal leads with a pair of special-teams tallies. Ryan Strome, Cam Fowler and Adam Henrique collected assists. 

John Gibson was terrific in net for Anaheim, stopping 48-of-50 LA shots in his 36th start of the season.

Kevin Fiala and Drew Doughty scored for the Kings, who improved to 29-17-10 on the season and 2-5-0 in games decided by a shootout. David Rittich made 22 saves.

Both teams traded power-play goals in a first period with plenty of chances on both ends of the ice and a combined 32 shots on net.

Silfverberg briefly gave Anaheim an early lead approaching the midway point of the period, capitalizing on a successful faceoff deep in the LA zone. As the Ducks man advantage unit worked the puck along the blue line, Silfverberg found a spot in the left circle, taking a pass from the point and then wiring a snapshot under Rittich's glove.

With the primary helper, Strome has five points in his last five games. 

Fiala answered for LA five minutes later, using a screen in front to beat Gibson over the glove from the left circle.

The second-year King, who collected his 400th career NHL point on Thursday, has now scored in three straight games. 

Longtime Kings defenseman Drew Doughty tallied his 20th assist of the season on the play, clinching his 11th straight season reaching that mark. Only Dallas' Ryan Suter has a longer run among active NHL blueliners.

The special teams focus just continued in the middle frame, as this time Anaheim found itself on the attack shorthanded. With x in the box after a post-whistle scrum, Henrique raced the other way with Carrick, delivering a backdoor pass that the falling Carrick tapped past Rittich.

Carrick's goal was his second shorthanded point of the season, setting a new career high.

The trend would continue on the other side too though, as LA's second power-play goal of the night, again five minutes later, tied the game right back up at two.

Doughty's goal was his ninth in 73 career matchups with Anaheim, tied for his third-best total against any NHL opponent.

The 2-2 tied held until the shootout, where Pierre-Luc Dubois and Trevor Moore clinched the LA  victory.

The Ducks return home to host the Nashville Predators Sunday night at Honda Center.