What Happened
Cutter Gauthier recorded his second consecutive hat trick to help the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Mikael Granlund added a goal and two assists, Leo Carlsson scored short-handed and Beckett Sennecke had four assists. Anaheim went 3-for-3 on the power play. Vancouver cut a 5-2 deficit in the third period but could not complete the comeback.
Key Details
- Gauthier scored three goals for the second straight game.
- Granlund finished with a goal and two assists; Sennecke had four assists.
- Carlsson scored a short-handed goal for Anaheim.
- Brossoit made 19 saves on 23 shots; Lankinen stopped 17 in his first start since Oct. 22.
- DeBrusk scored twice for Vancouver, with Ohgren and Karlsson adding goals.
- Anaheim entered with the NHL's second-best power play at 34 per cent.
What It Means
The win moved Anaheim to 7-7-1, while Vancouver dropped to 3-13-1. Gauthier's scoring run has come in back-to-back games, and Anaheim's power play converted all three chances Tuesday after entering the night behind only the Utah Mammoth (34.6 per cent) with the man advantage.