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03/25 00:06 CDT The Ducks beat the Canucks 5-3 as Mikael Granlund scores 2 goals
The Ducks beat the Canucks 5-3 as Mikael Granlund scores 2 goals
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) --- Mikael Granlund scored twice, Alex Killorn
had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3
on Thursday night.
Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, while John Carlson had
three assists and Lukas Dostal stopped 27 shots.
Anaheim grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second period, only to see Vancouver rally
and tie the game twice before McTavish scored the winner at the 5:45 mark of
the third.
Jake DeBrusk, Brock Boeser and Drew O'Connor scored for the Canucks, while
Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson each contributed a pair of assists. Kevin
Lankinen made 29 saves.
Pettersson's second assist of the night marked the 500th regular-season point
of his NHL career.
Anaheim remains atop the Pacific Division with a five-point cushion on the
second-place Edmonton Oilers.
Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas returned to the lineup after serving a five-game
suspension for the knee-on-knee hit on Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston
Matthews.
The blow left Matthews with a torn knee ligament that required season-ending
surgery.
The Canucks got solid play from their special teams. DeBrusk and Boeser each
scored power-play goals, and the penalty kill weathered a 95 second
five-on-three before conceding Granlund's goal late in a penalty to defenseman
Elias Pettersson.
The Ducks fell behind 1-0 in the opening frame, then outshot Vancouver 14-12
and scored a pair of goals over a 2:24 span.
McTavish got his first goal in 15 games. He buried his 14th goal of the season
at the 5:45 mark of the third period, blasting a one-timer over Lankinen's
glove from the faceoff dot to give the Ducks a 4-3 lead.
Pettersson tallied his 500th regular-season point in his 533rd game. Thomas
Gradin is the lone Canuck to hit the milestone faster, doing so in 529 games.
Up next
Ducks: Visit Calgary on Thursday.
Canucks: Host Los Angeles on Thursday.
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