Karlsson scores in OT to end Senators' skid at 6 games

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Erik Karlsson scored in overtime in his 600th NHL game, and still the Ottawa Senators had to contend with bad news at the end of Thursday night.

Karlsson scored 32 seconds into overtime to lift Ottawa over the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 and snap a six-game skid, but the Senators may be without Bobby Ryan for a stretch after he re-aggravated a hand injury.

Ryan scored early in the third period for Ottawa but left the game shortly after as he once again took a puck to the hand, re-aggravating an ongoing injury to his fingers.

"It's not broken, it's the same thing and it flares up again," Senators coach Guy Boucher said. "That might be a reflection of what's happened all year is that we get something positive and then we have to live with something that's not necessarily what we want."

Karlsson one-timed a pass from Matt Duchene on a power play, beating Ryan Miller with a shot inside the near post.

"I'm very fortunate to play as many games as I have and I'm very lucky in that aspect and hopefully I have 600 more," Karlsson said. "First and foremost the win was the best thing. That's what we were after and it's nice to see that we got it."

Mike Condon stopped 30 shots in his best game this season.

Ryan Kesler tied it with 54 seconds left in regulation after Anaheim pulled Miller for an extra attacker. Miller made 30 saves, but Anaheim ended a three-game winning streak.

The Ducks are vying a wild card spot in the competitive Western Conference and can't afford to lose any ground, making the overtime point that much more important.

"It was a weird game," Kesler said. "It was tough to get some calls there and not get calls on the other side to flip things. We're going to learn from our mistakes, but it was key we got a point and every point is huge right now. Our conference is so tight so we've got to fight for points on this road trip."

Each team already had a player in the penalty box when Anaheim's Jakob Silfverberg took a tripping penalty early in the third period. Ottawa scored on the 4-on-3 when Ryan tipped Mike Hoffman's shot.

Miller was pulled with just over two minutes left in regulation time. Condon made a spectacular save on Kesler, but the forward got a second chance shortly after that and redirected shot by Rickard Rackell.

NOTES: Ottawa C Colin White and D Fredrik Claesson were healthy scratches. D Johnny Oduya (lower body) returned to the lineup after missing the last four games, while Nate Thompson also made his return from a lower-body injury that kept him out of the last five games. ... Magnus Paajarvi, acquired off waivers, made his home debut for the Senators.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Plat at Montreal on Saturday.

Senators: Play at Philadelphia on Saturday.

Henrique scores twice, Ducks end Bruins' streak with 3-1 win

By DOUG ALDEN
Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) -- A quick start for the Anaheim Ducks finished Boston's run of 18 straight games with a point.

Adam Henrique and Jakob Silfverberg scored in the first period, when Anaheim held Boston to just five shots, and the Ducks held on for a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.

"We did a good job in the first period. We had some jump going," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said.

The Ducks became the first team to beat the Bruins in regulation since Washington's 5-3 win Dec. 14 at Boston. Cam Fowler and Rickard Rakell had two assists apiece for Anaheim.

John Gibson stopped all 25 shots he faced before leaving in the third period after taking a puck off his chest earlier in the period. Ryan Miller played the final 7:25 and nearly completed a shutout for the Ducks before Ryan Spooner scored for Boston with 41 seconds left.

"We're trying to get on a streak of our own. I think we've been trending in the right direction with our hockey," Miller said.

Henrique scored into an empty net with 6.1 seconds remaining to seal it for the Ducks, who halted Boston's five-game winning streak and a stretch of 18 games with at least one point (14-0-4), which tied for the second-longest in franchise history.

"At some point it's going to happen. Hopefully we realize we need to be good from when they drop the puck," Bruins center Patrice Bergeron said. "We weren't moving our feet at the beginning. We had no forecheck or sustained pressure."

Anton Khudobin stopped 24 shots for the Bruins, who never recovered after being outshot 15-5 in the first period and falling behind 2-0 on goals by Silfverberg and Henrique.

"I thought we did a good job of that, controlling the play and obviously coming out with the lead," Henrique said. "Especially against this team at home, with the way they've been playing for a really long time, it was a big start for us."

The Ducks have won eight straight against the Bruins, who haven't beaten Anaheim since a 3-2 shootout win on Oct. 21, 2013.

The Bruins, who got away with several slow starts while riding their streak into the All-Star break, could not rally this time.

"It was disappointing the way we came out. We got the result that shows for it," Bergeron said. "You're not going to be able to get back in games every time."

Anaheim took a 1-0 lead when Khudobin couldn't quite hang onto a long backhand by Fowler. The puck fell from Khudobin's glove and slid across the crease, where it appeared to be knocked in by Bruins captain Zdeno Chara as he went crashing into his own net 9:04 into the game. Silfverberg was credited with the goal and assists went to Fowler and Rakell, who set up the Ducks' second goal a few minutes later when Henrique scored.

The Ducks were on a power play and worked the puck around the corners, then to Henrique in the right circle for a wrist shot that beat Khudobin on the stick side at 13:59.

"We get a bounce that went our way and then we scored a power-play goal to give us a 2-0 game and we kind of rode that the rest of the way," Carlyle said. "I think we were guilty of trying to play too cute in the second. We had opportunities to direct pucks toward the net and we decided to pass off. We got a little bit sloppy in the neutral ice with turnovers. We can't do that."

Gibson needed a few minutes to regroup after a hard shot from Bergeron hit him in the ribs early in the third, then ended up leaving with 7:25 left and was replaced by Miller.

"He looked like he was kind of having a little trouble. Hopefully it's nothing that's going to affect him too long," Miller said.

NOTES: The Ducks opened a five-game road trip against Atlantic Division teams. ... Boston LW Anders Bjork left after the first period with an upper-body injury. ... Boston was without leading scorer Brad Marchand, who sat out the second of a five-game suspension for throwing an elbow last week against New Jersey.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Bruins: Host the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.

Henrique, Ducks beat Jets 4-3 in shootout

By JOSH COOPER
Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Adam Henrique has fit right in with the Anaheim Ducks, finding his scoring touch while helping his new team to wins.

Henrique scored a goal, added an assist and got the shootout winner as the Ducks ended the Winnipeg Jets' three-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Thursday night.

"I feel good," Henrique said. "Really, ever since I've been here I've felt great about my game."

Henrique has nine goals and 15 points in 25 games since being traded to Anaheim from New Jersey on Nov. 30.

"I feel like I've created opportunities, confident with the puck all over the ice," he said. "And things keep seeming to come as of late, too, so I think I've been able to build some chemistry with some guys now, playing with a couple of guys for a few games in a row, which certainly helps and especially with our lineup, too. The versatility of moving guys up and down and shifting guys around is big for us."

Ryan Miller picked up the win without recording a save, but stopped all five Jets shooters in the breakaway contest. Miller entered the game with 6:40 left in regulation after Blake Wheeler lost and edge and hit into starter John Gibson, who suffered what coach Randy Carlyle called a "lower-body" injury.

"This is the time of year you have to put your runs together. This is what's going to do it in the end. Two points is big," said Miller, who became the fifth goaltender in the last 40 years to pick up a win without recording a save. "I thought the guys played a nice game. This is a tough team to control and I thought for the most part we kept it under control. There were a few mistakes, obviously, but they're a really dangerous team and I thought we skated well."

The win also capped off a 4-1 homestand for the Ducks. Meanwhile, the loss for Winnipeg broke a three-game winning streak. Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves on 39 shots on goal and rookie Jack Roslovic scored his first career goal.

"Any time you play these guys, it's physical, especially in this building," Wheeler said. "I think they were trying to limit our time and space. It's a team that has a lot of big bodies and a lot of experience playing big games and playoff games."

Roslovic's goal came when he fired a shot off a broken play around the Ducks' net at the 6:19 mark of the third. This came quickly after Ryan Kesler's goal at the 5:48 mark of the third put the Ducks ahead 3-2. Kesler fired a shot from a side angle to Hellebuyck that beat the netminder.

At the 2:25 mark of the second period, Winnipeg tied it at 2 when Nick Ritchie turned the puck over at his own blue line, which led to Jacob Trouba and Tanev breaking in uncontested on Gibson. Trouba then fed the puck to Tanev, who buried the shot past Gibson.

Anaheim took a 2-1 lead 1:24 into the second period when Henrique's shot deflected off Ritchie and past Hellebuyck. Henrique also scored at the 6:48 mark of the first period when he picked up a Jets turnover in the opposing zone and fired a shot past Hellebuyck.

NOTES: Carlyle said "you're always concerned with injuries" in regards to Gibson's issue, but did not give an update on the severity of the injury beyond its general location as a lower-body problem. ... The Ducks gave away hats with beards attached in honor of forward Patrick Eaves, who has played in just two games this season because of Guillain-Barr� syndrome. Eaves dropped the ceremonial first puck before the game. ... Patrik Laine's scored his second goal in his last three games.

UP NEXT

Ducks: begin a five-game road trip after the All-Star break, starting in Boston on Jan. 30.

Jets: open a 10-game homestand on Jan. 30 against Tampa Bay.

Ducks score 4 in second period, hold off Penguins 5-3

By DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Though the Anaheim Ducks found themselves trailing at the end of the first period despite controlling play, head coach Randy Carlyle had a simple message: Stick with it.

The Ducks did that and erupted in the second period to start a critical five-game homestand off with an important win.

Rickard Rakell and Adam Henrique scored 1:35 apart to give Anaheim the lead during its four-goal second period, and the Ducks went on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 Wednesday night.

"Time for us to get a couple bounces I think," Wagner said, as Anaheim scored four goals in a period for first time since doing it in the third period at Buffalo last Feb. 9.

Chris Wagner and Ondrej Kase also scored for Anaheim in the middle period, and Hampus Lindholm added an empty-netter in the final second of the game. John Gibson stopped 30 shots to help the Ducks improve to 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.

Jake Guentzel, Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, who snapped a four-game win streak. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.

With the Ducks trailing 1-0, Rakell tied it on a redirect of a shot by Francois Beauchemin at 4:17 of the second. Henrique then put them ahead at 5:42, beating Jarry with a wraparound while the rookie was caught flatfooted at the opposite post trying to get his stick back.

Wagner scored on a short-handed breakaway to make it 3-1 at 9:24, notching the third special-teams goal of his career, all of which have come this season.

Kase's smooth breakaway backhand with 1:32 left in the period capped off the scoring deluge. Kase, who also had an assist, has five points in his last three games.

"I think they take chances and they play run-and-gun, so you're going to get your chances. Tonight we buried a good amount of them and that's what got us the W," Wagner said.

Kessel had a power-play goal to make it 4-2 with 10:25 remaining in the third, and Guentzel added a power-play goal with 5:54 remaining to pull the Penguins within one. Sidney Crosby had assists on both goals, giving him 13 points and 10 assists during a five-game point streak.

"We just made big mistakes in the second period, and give up that many goals and that many breakaways in a short period of time you're putting yourself in a tough spot," Crosby said. "We didn't help ourselves."

Lindholm capped the scoring with 0.1 seconds left to finally seal the win, but Carlyle was disappointed the Ducks let the Penguins back in the game with undisciplined penalties knowing Pittsburgh has the best power play in the NHL. The Penguins have 22 power-play goals on the road, four ahead of Vancouver, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia and Winnipeg tied for second-most.

"It was disappointing, obviously, that we took two penalties and they scored two goals to make it exciting, but I guess the entertainment of tonight's game was up there," Carlyle said.

Malkin's 20th goal of the season gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead late in the first period. A sustained forecheck eventually resulted in a takeaway by Carl Hagelin, leading to Malkin scoring from the right circle. It was Malkin's sixth goal in the last five games and gave him 20 for the fifth straight season and 10th time in his career. He joined Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Crosby as the only Penguins with at least 10 seasons of 20 goals.

Penguins goalie Matt Murray left the team for its three-game California road trip following the death of his father on Tuesday.

NOTES: Ducks LW Andrew Cogliano served the final game of his two-game suspension for an illegal check to Kings F Adrian Kempe. . Hagelin extended his point streak to four games, with one goal and four assists in that span. ... Ducks D Cam Fowler had two assists.

UP NEXT

Penguins: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Ducks: Host the Kings on Friday seeking their second win in the Freeway Faceoff rivalry in six days.

MacKinnon helps Avs beat Ducks 3-1 for 7th straight win

By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer

DENVER (AP) -- The save by Jonathan Bernier that sticks out the most was the one where he simply stuck out his stick.

Out of sheer desperation, no less. To thwart what looked to be a sure goal, too. It's just another sign of how well things have been going for the Colorado Avalanche in recent weeks.

Nathan MacKinnon kept up his torrid home scoring with a goal, Bernier turned back 33 shots and the Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Monday for their seventh straight win.

Matt Nieto and Colin Wilson also scored for the Avs, who are outscoring opponents 29-10 during their longest win streak since the 2005-06 season.

MacKinnon leads the league in scoring on home ice this season with 41 points (15 goals and 26 assists) in 24 games.

"We're feeling good," said MacKinnon, whose team is vying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013-14. "For us, it's so tight, we can't get comfortable. ... We have to stay hungry."

Bernier has been sensational since stepping into goal with Semyon Varlamov sidelined by a lower-body injury. Bernier came up big midway through the second period when he reached out with his stick to thwart Ryan Kesler. That set up a rush the other way, with MacKinnon scoring on a wrist shot past Ryan Miller.

"It happens quite a bit in hockey - you make a big save, you go to the other side and you score," said Bernier, who has a career-best six-game win streak. "It was nice to be rewarded. You make a big save and you get a big goal."

Chris Wagner had a goal in the second period for Anaheim. It was his first goal since Nov. 27.

Anaheim pulled Miller with around 3 minutes remaining, but couldn't get anything by Bernier, who played for Anaheim last season.

"They skate really fast, for the most part, and they capitalized on their chances," Wagner said. "We gave them too many chances off the rush and too many power plays. That hurt us."

The Ducks were without forward Andrew Cogliano as he served the first of a two-game suspension that ended his consecutive games streak at 830 - the fourth-longest in NHL history. He was suspended for an interference penalty against Los Angeles forward Adrian Kempe on Saturday.

Cogliano, who had never missed a game in his career, fought back tears as he talked about the streak on Fox Sports West: "It's a tough pill to swallow. I'm not going to lie. ... I miss the game."

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle downplayed Cogliano's absence from the lineup.

"You don't like to put too much emphasis on one player being out of your lineup," Carlyle said. "For Cogs, it's unfortunate the suspension is in place. But we take our medicine and move on. It's up to other people to step up and make a difference."

Like forward J.T. Brown, who was just claimed on waivers from Tampa Bay and was in the lineup Monday. He had an assist as he digests a new system.

"You're going to make mistakes. They said, `We'll coach you through them. Don't be afraid to make those mistakes. Just go out there and play,'" Brown said.

Wilson's power-play goal with 19.6 seconds remaining in the second gave the Avalanche a 3-1 lead. Colorado improved to 18-1-1 when ahead entering the final period.

"Our guys are enjoying coming to the rink right now," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. "They're playing the right way and they're having success, so that leads to confidence and a little bit of energy and guys wanting to keep this thing going. It's been a fun stretch for sure."

NOTES: Anaheim D Francois Beauchemin was a scratch. ... Colorado won the other matchup between the teams this season 3-1 on Oct. 13 at Pepsi Center. ... Colorado is 7-3-1 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ... Avalanche rookie Alexander Kerfoot had an assist to give him at least a point in three straight games. ... Colorado was 1 for 6 on the power play.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Host Pittsburgh on Wednesday to open a five-game homestand.

Avalanche: Host San Jose on Thursday and the New York Rangers on Saturday as part of a three-game homestand.

Kase sends Ducks past LA Kings 4-2 in feisty rivalry game

By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The latest Freeway Faceoff wasn't even three minutes old when the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings dropped the gloves.

They did it again on the ensuing faceoff - and again on the faceoff after that.

"That's good hockey right there," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said with a grin.

These rivals know it's never too early to fight for playoff position, and the Ducks landed the biggest blows in the latest edition of their Southern California feud.

Ondrej Kase had two goals and an assist, John Gibson made 23 saves and the Ducks held on in the third period for their first victory of the season over the Kings, 4-2 Saturday night.

Ryan Kesler scored a power-play goal and Corey Perry added an empty-net goal as the Ducks returned from their bye week with a physical, entertaining performance against the equally rested Kings in the 135th edition of the local derby.

Those three fights in four seconds of clock time energized the sold-out Staples Center crowd, and the combatants' teammates responded as well. Los Angeles defenseman Kurtis MacDermid and Anaheim enforcer Jared Boll had the first bout, which led to a fight between Andy Andreoff and Kevin Bieksa - and another between Kyle Clifford and Nick Ritchie.

"I've seen that a few times in this (rivalry)," Getzlaf said. "That's just guys who are sticking up for each other. It was good to see it on both sides."

After winning the last five consecutive Pacific Division titles, the Ducks got off to a slow start due to major injury problems. They're in fifth place in the crowded Pacific and just four points behind the second-place Kings - but Anaheim has a history of late-season surges.

"We're out of excuses now with the lineup," Getzlaf said. "It's about going for our push now. We want to take this segment before the All-Star Game and really push."

Kase had an outstanding return from a three-game absence before the bye due to the flu. The Czech forward scored in the first and third periods of the first three-point game of his NHL career.

Nick Shore and captain Anze Kopitar scored in the third period, but Los Angeles couldn't erase Anaheim's three-goal lead.

"With the three fights in a row, I think everybody got fired up real quick," Kopitar said. "But I think the first 40 minutes on our part were not to the level that we want to play. The third period we're playing catch-up, and we're playing with desperation, which we should do the first two periods."

Jonathan Quick stopped 18 shots for the Kings, who have lost three straight. Los Angeles also missed the chance to gain ground on the Pacific-leading Vegas Golden Knights, who lost to Edmonton.

"We're sitting pretty good in the standings, but the teams behind are going to catch up if we keep losing to them," Kopitar said.

The Ducks took the lead when Kase slipped a long wrist shot past Quick's short side just 6:14 in.

Kesler then capitalized on a power play, firing the puck past Quick's glove hand for his second goal in his seven-game season. The veteran two-way center missed Anaheim's first 37 games while recovering from offseason hip surgery, returning right after Christmas.

Kase made it 3-0 early in the third after a heady play by Ritchie, who followed Quick behind the net and stole the goalie's clearing attempt for a slick pass. Kase's goal was his fifth in his last seven games.

A few minutes after Shore ended Gibson's shutout bid and his own 27-game goal drought since Nov. 7, Kopitar got his 18th goal on a one-timer from the slot with 6:14 to play.

Perry ended it with a remarkable empty-net goal from the far faceoff circle.

NOTES: Before the game, the Kings honored longtime announcer Bob Miller with a statue in Star Plaza outside Staples Center and a banner in the rafters. Miller was the voice of the Kings from 1973 until his retirement last summer. ... With Kase back from injury and Jared Boll in the lineup for a physical game, Anaheim scratched forwards Logan Shaw and Derek Grant. Shaw sat out for only the second time in the Ducks' 45 games, and Grant was scratched for only the third time all season. ... Kings D Jake Muzzin sat out again with an upper-body injury incurred Jan. 8 against Calgary. Kevin Gravel took his place.

UP NEXT

Ducks: At the Colorado Avalanche on Monday.

Kings: Host the San Jose Sharks on Monday.

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Miller wins in return to Vancouver as Ducks beat Canucks 5-0

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Ryan Miller acknowledged an ovation from the crowd marking his return to Rogers Arena with a wave moments before the opening faceoff.

The veteran goalie then went out and stopped 31 shots for his second shutout of the season and the 41st of his career in leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

Signed by Anaheim during the summer to back up John Gibson after three seasons as the Canucks' starter, the 37-year-old Miller was his usual solid self, making timely stops when Vancouver pushed as Anaheim picked up its fifth victory in the last six games.

"I enjoyed my time here immensely," Miller said. "My wife and I have great memories up here. My son was born here, so it's always going to have a big place in our heart beyond just the hockey."

Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and two assists, Rickard Rakell added a goal and an assist, and Antoine Vermette, Adam Henrique and Derek Grant also scored for Anaheim. Josh Manson had three assists, and Hampus Lindholm had two.

Miller, who had a combined .914 save percentage with the Canucks, bumped his mark up seven points to .935 with the Ducks.

"It's nice to come back," he said. "I just tried to have fun with it."

Anders Nilsson allowed four goals on 19 shots for slumping Vancouver, which has just two wins in its last 12 games, before getting pulled early in the third period. Jacob Markstrom came on and finished with seven saves.

Making his first start since a 7-5 home loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Dec. 19, Nilsson gave up a bad goal just 56 seconds into the game. Lindholm fired a clearing attempt from his own blue line that Nilsson steered into the path of a hard-charging Henrique, who swooped into the corner and fired a shot from below the goal-line that somehow caromed off the goalie's stick and in for his ninth of the season.

"You'd like to make every save out there," said Nilsson, who saw his save percentage dip to .900. "First one was definitely on me, that's something I would like to have back.

"I wasn't able to make that extra save."

Nilsson recovered to make a blocker save with Kevin Roy in alone moments later before also punching away another chance by Henrique on a short-handed breakaway.

Rakell then roofed a quick snapshot after whiffing on another opportunity seconds earlier for his team-leading 15th with 6:16 left in the first.

Set to begin a stretch of seven games away from home, injury-riddled Vancouver, which entered play 2-8-1 since No. 1 center Bo Horvat went down with a broken foot on Dec. 5, had a bit of a push to start the second.

Alexander Edler hit the post as the Canucks briefly crowded Miller's crease, but Getzlaf, who missed 19 games earlier this season after taking a puck to the face, tipped home his third at the five-minute mark to make it 3-0.

"Guys are working hard," Getzlaf said. "We did a good tonight getting pucks to the net, scoring goals, and getting ourselves that cushion."

Anaheim, which weathered its own injury woes earlier this season, managed the rest of the period, with Vancouver's best opportunity coming on Brock Boeser's chance from in tight that Miller blocked with his glove before smothering the rebound.

The Ducks made it 4-0 just 20 seconds in the third as Nilsson stopped the puck at the side of his net on a dump in for Rakell to collect and feed to Getzlaf, who in turn found Vermette for his eighth.

That would be the end of Nilsson's night, but Markstrom didn't fare much better as Manson charged up the ice on an Anaheim change and found Grant alone in front of a porous Vancouver defense for his eighth at 7:41.

"A couple goals I didn't like," Vancouver head coach Travis Green said. "I have full confidence in our goaltending, that it'll come around. They haven't been great the last month.

"They'd be the first to admit it. There's been a couple untimely goals."

Miller made an awkward save to keep his shutout alive on Michael Chaput's shot that took a double deflection with nine minutes left, but wasn't challenged much from there.

NOTES: Miller beat Vancouver 4-1 in Anaheim on Nov. 9, but left with under 10 minutes to go with a lower-body injury that kept him out two weeks. ... Still missing Horvat, forward Sven Baertschi (jaw) and center Brandon Sutter (lower body), Vancouver got defenseman Christopher Tanev back after he missed seven games with a groin injury. ... Boeser was named the NHL's rookie of the month for December after also getting the nod in November. The 20-year-old leads both his team and all first-year players with 21 goals and 38 points.

UP NEXT

Ducks: At Edmonton on Thursday night to continue a stretch of five straight on the road.

Canucks: At Toronto on Saturday to start their seven-game trip.

Lindholm completes hat trick in OT as Ducks beat Isles 5-4

By ALLAN KREDA
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- On most nights, Hampus Lindholm is not a huge threat to score. But the Anaheim Ducks defenseman was in the right place three times Thursday.

Lindholm completed his first career hat trick with a goal 4:03 into overtime, and Anaheim snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-4 comeback victory over the New York Islanders.

"I had some room and a good shooting angle and it went in," the 23-year-old Lindholm said. "We really dug deep. It was good to get a win."

Ryan Miller made 22 saves for the Ducks, sending New York to its fourth loss in five games. It was the fourth win this season for the 37-year-old backup.

Anaheim tied the game with Miller pulled for an extra skater when Rickard Rakell scored at 18:45 of the third period. Brandon Montour and captain Ryan Getzlaf assisted. Getzlaf had four assists overall and has points in five games since returning from a facial fracture.

"It's always nice to have your big guys step up," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said.

Andrew Ladd put the Islanders ahead 4-3 at 7:52 of the third as they rallied from a 3-1 deficit. New York goalie Jaroslav Halak was shaky early but rebounded to finish with 35 saves.

"We had a lead with two minutes left," Islanders coach Doug Weight said. "We played a little timid early, trying not to make mistakes."

Ladd's rebound shot for his ninth goal beat Miller after Islanders captain John Tavares tied the game with his second goal of the night at 5:44 of the third. The goal was the 21st of the season for Tavares.

The Islanders trailed 3-1 late in the second when Tavares scored at 16:59.

Tavares wasn't happy with his team's defensive performance, including his own. He was on ice for three of Anaheim's goals.

"Giving up five goals is too many," he said. "We have to find a way to be better defensively, starting with myself. We're scoring enough goals. It's frustrating. We should have better results."

The Ducks led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Lindholm and Ondrey Kase.

After Islanders rookie sensation Mathew Barzal narrowed the deficit on the power play at 5:39 of the second, Lindholm scored again at 12:36.

A day after announcing future arena plans at Belmont Park, the Islanders lost their second straight at home. They are 10-3-3 at Barclays Center this season.

The game drew a crowd of 10,092. The Islanders are last in the NHL in attendance, averaging 11,475 through 16 home games.

Lindholm opened the scoring at 8:09 with assists by Andrew Cogliano and Getzlaf. The 30-year-old Cogliano has never missed a game in his NHL career, playing in 822 straight.

Kase made it 2-0 at 9:54 when his slot eluded Halak.

The Islanders came out with more jump in the middle period. Barzal narrowed the deficit to 2-1 on the power play, his ninth goal of the season. Josh Bailey and Tavares had assists.

Bailey has points in seven straight games, and Tavares has a six-game point streak. Both had three points in the game and share the team lead with 45.

Lindholm scored his second of the game at 12:36 of the second to make it 3-1 in favor of the Ducks.

The Islanders entered having allowed a league-high 3.5 goals per game. They have given up three or more in 10 of 12 games this month.

"We're not satisfied," Weight said. "We have to keep the confidence up."

Anaheim won the previous meeting 3-2 at home on Oct. 11.

Islanders forward Shane Prince made his season debut. Prince had ankle surgery in August and recently played four games with Bridgeport of the AHL.

The Ducks were coming off a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden after losing 5-3 at New Jersey.

NOTES: Anaheim's leading scorer, Corey Perry, remained sidelined with a knee injury he sustained Dec. 11 at home against Carolina. ... The Islanders scratched forwards Alan Quine and Anthony Beauvillier, and defenseman Dennis Seidenberg. They were missing injured defenseman Calvin de Haan.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Finish their road trip Saturday afternoon at Pittsburgh before the Christmas break.

Islanders: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.

Carey, Lundqvist carry Rangers past Ducks

NEW YORK -- It was another slow start for the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, as the Anaheim Ducks dominated from the start to nearly the finish.

Henrik Lundqvist and Paul Carey, however, made sure the Rangers would never trail as New York went on to its third straight victory.

Lundqvist stopped all 16 shots he faced in the first period and 39 of 40 overall, while Carey scored the first of his two goals in the finals seconds of the opening period as the Rangers handled a strong effort from the Ducks in a 4-1 victory.

Carey entered the game with two goals on the season and without a two-goal game in his career, and he left with a career night that doubled his season total.

"It's a big night. It was a lot of fun," said Carey, who had one goal in 32 career games before this season. "I was trying to get that third one. It's nice to get rewarded. Our line has been playing really well and working really hard. It's nice to see some pucks go in."

Carey was part of a fourth line with David Desharnais, who assisted on both Carey goals, and Jimmy Vesey that looked anything like a checking line against the Ducks. Desharnais delivered a saucer pass on his backhand to a streaking Carey with 45.5 seconds left in the first period to break the scoreless tie, then found Carey again in the second period for a goal that made it 3-0.

On the first goal, Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf was caught flat-footed in the neutral zone and allowed Carey to slide to the front of the net unchecked.

"It was my fault, 100 percent," Getzlaf said. "I have to move my feet in the neutral zone and I yelled at (defenseman Francois Beauchemin) at the last minute out of desperation for help. That's not on him; that's on me."

The Rangers' barrage of goals -- which also included Kevin Hayes scoring 38 seconds into the second period -- would not have been possible if not for Lundqvist's brilliance in the early part of the contest.

With the game scoreless in the first period, Lundqvist denied Ducks forward Rickard Rakell on a breakaway, then stopped 10 more shots after Hayes made it 2-0, including a couple of tough deflection chances around his net, before Carey scored the Rangers' third goal.

"That's your job as a goalie, to be there when things are not going great," Lundqvist said. "When your team's rolling, usually as a goalie, you don't have to do much. If I get to be there in the first period and make a couple of good saves, then I know it's going to turn around. I've been in so many games where you play a team and they're flying. We're just trying to find our legs a little bit. And we did."

Lundqvist lost his shutout bid with 5:17 remaining when Ondrej Kase beat him between the legs with a wrist shot but Michael Grabner's 17th goal of the season less than two minutes later restored the three-goal lead after video review determined Rakell's diving attempt to knock the puck out of mid-air occurred after the puck had crossed the goal.

While the Rangers (19-12-3) have won three straight and have been surging of late, the Ducks (14-13-8) have dropped three in a row and are scrambling to stay close to the pack in the Western Conference playoff chase.

"You look at their goals," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said, "one was from the crease, another was a goal from a guy coming off the bench. The Grabner goal was off an odd-man rush. It was a rebound he got a second opportunity on. Those are defendable goals. Because we're in a funk right now as far as providing offense, every little mistake is huge right now."

The Rangers have 11 goals in their past three games and have a showdown with the division-leading New Jersey Devils looming Thursday. With Lundqvist on top of his game after a tough start to the season, the Rangers are heading in the right direction.

"I feel really good," said Lundqvist, who has a .928 save percentage in his past 18 starts. "I feel like the team is playing really well and that's helpful. I can focus on the shooter a lot. It's a big thing for me to commit to the shooter a lot more, feeling that support from the guys around me. I think the last month and a half I have been feeling really good."

NOTES: Ducks D Brandon Montour was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. The 23-year-old has six goals and 16 points in 33 games this season. ... Ducks D Francois Beauchemin took Montour's place in the lineup and played 16:47. ... Rangers C Mika Zibanejad (concussion) played in his first game since Nov. 26. He had one shot in 13:32 of ice time. ... Rangers C Boo Nieves and D Steven Kampfer were scratched.

Rangers C Zibanejad set to return vs. Ducks

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NEW YORK -- Mika Zibanejad is expected to return to the lineup when the New York Rangers host the Anaheim Ducks at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.

When Zibanejad left the lineup with a concussion in late-November, he was the Rangers leading scorer and driving force on team's top power-play unit.

The Rangers are 5-3-1 without Zibanejad and have averaged 3.1 goals per game over that time.

The power play, however, is just 5-for-27 (18.5 percent) in Zibanejad's absence, which is about four points below the season average prior to Zibanejad's injury. But he was back at practice Monday and expects to be ready to go against the Ducks.

"It's obviously tough to be out and tough to watch, but always fun, too, to come back," Zibanejad said to Newsday. "I think this is the right time. We took it step by step, and it was another step (Monday) to practice on my line. So far so good."

Zibanejad's role on the power play is on the left side, where his right-handed shot is used to one-time pucks from the face-off circle. But the Rangers lacked a suitable replacement, which meant defenses didn't have to worry about one-timers from that side of the ice with the Rangers deploying four left-handed shots and defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk.

"I think he just makes our power play so much more dangerous instantly," Shattenkirk said to Newsday. "He's a huge weapon on that side, not only the way he shoots the puck, but he makes a lot of poise plays as well that seem to calm everything down when we need it. He does the same thing five-on-five."

The Rangers (18-12-3) are coming off back-to-back wins over the weekend while the Ducks (14-12-8) lost 5-3 in New Jersey on Monday night to the Devils, marking the first time the Ducks failed to earn a point since Dec. 1.

That statistic doesn't necessarily indicate a hot streak, as the Ducks were 3-0-4 before losing to the Devils.

The Ducks squandered a 2-0 first-period lead against the Devils and rank 30th in the league in points percentage when leading after the first period and 29th when leading after two periods.

Holding leads has been a problem all season for the Ducks, who will face a rested Rangers team that has the seventh-best record this season when trailing after two periods.

"I think we stopped skating and then we stopped sharing the puck," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "I thought we had opportunities to move the puck effectively in the second period and we didn't."

"They kept coming," said Ducks center Adam Henrique, who scored a highlight-reel goal in his first game against the Devils since last month's trade to Anaheim. "We sat back in the second half of the game. We just have to manage that a little better."

For all of their struggles holding leads this season, the Ducks are 3-0-3 in the second half of back-to-backs this season.

"We have to have more energy and play better than we did the last two periods, that's going to be our goal," Carlyle said. "If we focus on that, play for 60 minutes, we think we're going to be a pretty effective hockey club."

Noesen, Wood lead Devils over Ducks

NEWARK, NJ -- Adam Henrique and Sami Vatanen shared top billing heading into Monday's game between the Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center, but when it was all said and done, it was Stefan Noesen who assumed the starring role.

Noesen scored twice in the third period as the Devils rallied for a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over the Ducks, the first game played between these teams since a Nov. 30 trade which sent Henrique to Anaheim in exchange for Vatanen.

"I like to fly under the radar as much as possible, that's always been me," said Noesen, who New Jersey claimed on waivers from Anaheim on Jan. 25 last season. "It's a good feeling to beat your old team."

Miles Wood also scored twice for the Devils (19-9-5), while Brian Boyle established a single-game career high with three assists. Rookie Jesper Bratt chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Vatanen picked up an assist for his first point since the trade.

"It's a big character win for us," said Vatanen. "We didn't start very well, but we found a way to win the game."

The Ducks (14-12-8), who held leads of 2-0 after one period and 3-1 midway through the second, failed to earn at least one point in the standings for the first time in eight games after previously winning three times and losing four in overtime.

"I think we stopped skating and then we stopped sharing the puck," said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle in explaining why this game slipped away from his team.

It shaped up to be a happy homecoming for Henrique, who scored a beautiful goal, assisted on another and was saluted by the Devils organization with a video tribute on the scoreboard during a first-period play stoppage.

"It was certainly nice to have a great ovation from the fans, which was awesome, and the players, too," said Henrique, who has four goals, four assists and eight points in nine games with the Ducks. "It was a special night from that side of things. Certainly, an experience I'll always remember."

With the Ducks already leading 1-0 on an early Ryan Getzlaf goal, Henrique made a perfect stretch pass off the left-wing boards that created a 3-on-1 opportunity which Jakob Silfverberg cashed in at 10:30 of the first period to make it 2-0.

The Devils got on the board with Wood's first goal of the night -- a deflection of a Vatanen power play slap shot -- 8:11 into the second period before Henrique scored a memorable goal three minutes later to restore Anaheim's two-goal lead.

Henrique victimized Vatanen with a flip pass to himself over the Devils defenseman's head which led to a pretty backhand finish off the rush against his former team, giving Anaheim a 3-1 lead at 11:21.

"That was a nasty play, I have to say," offered Vatanen. "I have to tip my hat for him. It's something I've never seen."

Added Devils goalie Cory Schneider, "Adam made a great play. I've never seen that before. Maybe he was saving it."

While that goal could have buried New Jersey, it didn't. Wood scored before the second period was over, his second of the game and ninth of the season, and the Devils then erupted for three goals in the third period.

Fresh out of the penalty box, Bratt buried a left-wing shot off the rush past Ducks goalie Ryan Miller to tie the game, 3-3, at 5:49 of the final period.

Then at 15:53, Noesen grabbed a loose puck off a scramble in front and fired it into a gaping net to give the Devils their first lead of the game.

"(Noesen) played there, that's fun to do against your former team, so we're happy for him" said Boyle, who assisted on each of New Jersey's last three goals. "That's a big goal."

Noesen scored into an empty net at 19:53, his fifth of the season and third in the last three games, as New Jersey improved to 4-7-1 when trailing after two periods, ruining Henrique's return in the process.

"Obviously disappointed," said Henrique. "We left two points on the board there."

NOTES: Devils RW Kyle Palmieri and LW Taylor Hall both returned to the lineup after injury absences. Palmieri missed 12 straight games with a broken foot and Hall sat out the last two with a sore knee. ... Devils coach John Hynes said before the game that injured LW Marcus Johansson (ankle) is close to returning and could play Thursday against the New York Rangers. ... The Devils scratches were RW Jimmy Hayes, D Ben Lovejoy and D Dalton Prout. ... The Ducks killed off 16 straight power plays coming into the game, but surrendered a power play goal on the Devils first opportunity Monday. ... The Ducks scratched C Dennis Rasmussen, D Francois Beauchemin and D Korbinian Holzer.

Roy scores twice, Ducks beat Blues

ST. LOUIS -- Kevin Roy's stay in the minor leagues was only a few hours long, but that was enough time for him to realize he would much rather be in the NHL.

Given a second chance to be with Anaheim, Roy wants to make the most of it and he got off to a good start Thursday night, scoring two goals to lead the Ducks to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Despite scoring four goals in his first 15 games with the Ducks, Roy was the odd man out with injured players coming back and he was sent to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Monday.

"There's a lot of good players here when everyone's healthy," said Roy, "I understood. I wanted to work hard and earn my way back. I think it's part of the process."

After making the drive south, however, Roy was having dinner and watching a football game when he got a phone call telling him to come back to Anaheim because of an injury to Corey Perry.

"I was happy," Roy said. "It doesn't feel like I went back. It's just a new opportunity ... I want to make the most of my chances. That's what happened today. ... It felt pretty good to make a difference and get the win."

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle had been pleased with Roy's play during his first stint with the team but also did not expect to see him again so soon.

"We wanted to make sure that he got a taste with us, and we knew he was going to come back and would be a better player when he came back," Carlyle said. "He's still a young guy cutting his teeth. He's still got a huge learning curve, but he's found a way to put pucks in the net.

"We just didn't know he would do a U-turn on I-5."

Roy scored both of his goals in a three-minute span early in the third period, turning a 1-0 lead into a 3-0 advantage as the Ducks improved to 3-0-3 in their last six games.

"He's a smart little player and he knows his way around the rink," Carlyle said. "The puck follows those guys. ... He's shown to us he's capable of making NHL plays."

The Ducks' first goal came from Andrew Cogliano at 11:11 of the second period. Anaheim's three goals came on just 18 shots against Jake Allen, making his seventh consecutive start.

The win was the second by the Ducks in St. Louis in two weeks, having also earned a 3-2 win on Nov. 29 when Roy also scored one of Anaheim's goals.

In that game, goalie John Gibson stopped the first 36 St. Louis shots before losing his bid for a shutout on a pair of goals by Kyle Brodziak in the final four minutes of the game.

On Thursday, Gibson lost his shutout bid with 5:53 to play on a goal by Patrik Berglund, the first goal by the Blues in two games. They were shut out by Tampa Bay 3-0 on Tuesday night.

"It's execution," St. Louis coach Mike Yeo said of the scoring drought. "When you look at the shots that are getting blocked, you see we've got to shoot the puck quicker. Having that mindset would help a little bit. It's been awhile since we've gotten a tip or a deflection."

The Blues also have struggled on the power play and were 0-of-4 with a man advantage against the Ducks.

"It's really frustrating," Berglund said. "The game didn't go our way. I think especially last game we got a little frustrated. I think today at least we kept our heads up but a few small mistakes and they scored on them. But we've got to score more goals than one to win games.

"We've got to find ways to get bodies in front of the net and to get pucks there. Right now, when we're down there, sometimes it just looks a little too easy for the other team."

NOTES: Blues D Jay Bouwmeester was a late scratch, missing his second consecutive game with an undisclosed injury. He predicted after the morning skate that he would play and participated in the pregame warmup. ... Blues RW Chris Thorburn also was in the lineup after being a healthy scratch five of the previous six games. ... The Blues hope backup G Carter Hutton, out with a lower-body injury, will be able to play in one of the back-to-back games this weekend against Winnipeg. ... LW joseph Blandisi returned for the Ducks after missing four games because of an upper-body injury. ... The Ducks, starting their second six-game road trip in the last three weeks, play Saturday night at Washington.

Getzlaf returns but Perry gets hurt as Ducks top 'Canes

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With the Ducks losing so many men to injury, Anaheim players roll their eyes when asked about the team's health troubles.

It happened again Monday as the team got two players back from injured reserve but saw leading scorer Corey Perry go down with an apparent knee injury.

Logan Shaw scored the decisive goal and John Gibson recorded 28 saves as the Ducks ended their three-game homestand with a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night at Honda Center.

The Ducks got help from their depth as well as a spectacular breakaway goal by Jakob Silfverberg to take the win. Silfverberg missed the prior five games due to injury.

The Ducks (13-11-7) celebrated captain Ryan Getzlaf's return to the lineup but saw Perry leave in the first period after an unintentional collision with Hurricanes left winger Jeff Skinner.

Anaheim has notched points in five consecutive games and has won two of the past three. Shaw, who also recorded an assist, had his second multi-point game of the season, the third of his career.

"Hopefully we can keep guys healthy, but obviously, that's out of our control," Gibson said. "You saw what happened tonight, but I mean, we know now that who we have is who we have. To get those two guys (Getzlaf and Silfverberg) back is nice, but we've just got to keep going."

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle added, "Injection of skill and top-level players. I feel good about our hockey club."

Carlyle noted that Perry was at a local hospital for evaluation.

The Hurricanes (11-11-7) went winless on their three-game California road trip, although they took both the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings to overtime. Carolina has one win in the past seven games.

Anaheim scored the winning goal, Shaw's second of the season, at 1:52 of the third period for a 3-1 lead. Shaw fired to the blocker side of goalie Scott Darling, playing without his stick. Andy Welinski, appearing in his first NHL game, got the primary assist. Antoine Vermette contributed the secondary assist.

Carolina's Justin Williams opened the scoring at 1:37 of the first period with his sixth goal. Getzlaf, playing his first shift after missing 19 games due to a broken cheekbone, lost a faceoff to Derek Ryan. Trevor van Riemsdyk fired the puck from the blue line, and Williams redirected the slap shot in the high slot, fooling Gibson.

The Ducks tied the game at 5:55 of the first, with Derek Grant scoring his sixth goal. Grant carried the puck across the blue line and dished to Shaw, who fired a wrister that trickled to the ice after hitting Darling's left leg pad. Grant stretched to poke the puck over the goal line.

Anaheim went ahead 2-1 when Silfverberg got his seventh goal unassisted at 19:25 of the second period. Ducks center Andrew Cogliano chipped the puck out of his zone, and Carolina defenseman Haydn Fleury muffed it and fell down on the play at center ice. Silfverberg grabbed the loose puck, zoomed in, and fired up and over Darling's shoulder into the top corner.

"Tough break on their second one," Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. "Not much going on and we got three guys back looking like we're going to have the puck, and the ice wasn't obviously very good and we talked about it after one (period), either the ice was soft or the puck was soft, because the puck was bouncing."

Silfverberg said, "I was kind of surprised. I was a bit lucky. I just wanted to get a shot off. I didn't want to get too cute."

The Hurricanes got a late goal from Victor Rask, his seventh, at 17:20 of the third period. Gibson saved a van Riemsdyk slap shot from the point. As the puck sat in front, Skinner had a whack at it, but Rask put it in from the left side of the crease.

Peters said, "We got it to 3-2, and in the third, when we pushed, I thought we got some real good looks."

Darling finished with 20 saves.

NOTES: The Ducks scratched LW Nick Ritchie, D Korbinian Holzer and C Joseph Blandisi. Ritchie was hurt Friday against Minnesota. ... The Hurricanes scratched D Klas Dahlbeck and LW Phillip Di Giuseppe. ... The Ducks recalled D Andy Welinski from San Diego (AHL) on Monday, and he was a plus-1 in his NHL debut vs. Carolina. ... Anaheim assigned RW Jared Boll, LW Kevin Roy and D Jaycob Megna to San Diego on Monday.

Ducks' Miller grinds out 40th career shutout

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Anaheim Ducks found the tonic to end a losing streak in an Ottawa Senators team whose season appears to be slipping away as the losses mount.

Ryan Miller made 29 saves to earn his 40th career shutout, and Adam Henrique registered two goals as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Anaheim (12-11-6) broke a three-game losing streak (0-1-2) by taking the opener of a three-game homestand. The Ducks have defeated Ottawa in seven of the past nine meetings played at the Honda Center.

Ottawa (9-11-6) lost its second straight game to start a season-high, seven-game road trip. Overall, the Senators have dropped nine of their past 10 contests (1-8-1).

Craig Anderson made 19 saves for Ottawa.

The Ducks had lost consecutive shootouts to the Nashville Predators and Vegas Golden Knights, and while their effort was inconsistent Wednesday, it was more enough to get past a Senators team that has gone scoreless in its last 138:22.

Despite his fine offensive performance, Henrique focused on the Ducks' effort in their own zone as the key to the win and discussed joining his new team in the middle of a season.

"Coming off a tough shootout loss last night on the road, we knew we have to raise our level defensively tonight," Henrique said. "It's actually been a pretty good transition. The guys have been great on and off the ice."

Miller had a relatively easy time between the pipes with few difficult saves as he tied John Vanbiesbrouck and Frank Brimsek for the second-most shutouts by a U.S.-born goaltender. Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick tops the list with 46.

Miller also tied Montreal's Carey Price for seventh place among active goaltenders in shutouts while earning his first as a Duck.

The Senators continue to search for answers to stop the tailspin that has plummeted them down the Atlantic Division standings. Although their season is a little more than a quarter of the way complete, coach Guy Boucher knows his team cannot endure much more losing in the short term, though he chose to remain positive.

"The guys gave everything they had. It was a terrific bench," Boucher said. "Players sticking together and paying the price. We knew this was a big, tough, physical team. We met that physicality right on, right from the beginning. We got to reload, replenish here, and go back at it with the character and the togetherness we had tonight."

Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson, who has struggled to reach the level that allowed him to capture the Norris Trophy in seasons past, is still searching for answers.

"You're playing good teams every night, and they're going to create their fair share of scoring chances as well," Karlsson said. "You never know exactly what is causing it and what is going on. When things are not going your way, you try and look for answers that are not there. You try and get out of your comfort zone and do different things, but at the end of the day, you need to do the things you are good at, and I think that we are starting to get to that."

Henrique scored his fifth goal of the season and first in an Anaheim uniform to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 3:47 of the second period. Henrique one-timed a feed from Rickard Rakell past Anderson to extend his point streak as a Duck to four games.

Corey Perry earned the secondary assist.

Anaheim extended its lead to 2-0 on Ondrej Kase's sixth goal of the season at 11:10 of the second period. Kase was left unguarded in the right corner of the Ottawa defensive zone and skated toward the net, deking Cody Ceci out of position to covert a backhand shot.

Nick Ritchie and Josh Manson earned assists.

Henrique added an empty-net goal for his sixth of the season at 18:25 of the third period to close out the scoring. Antoine Vermette and Cam Fowler registered assists.

NOTES: Ottawa scratched D Fredrik Claesson. ... The Senators continue their road trip in Los Angeles on Thursday, facing the red-hot Los Angeles Kings. ... Anaheim did not dress D Korbinian Holzer, RW Jakob Silfverberg and C Joseph Blandisi. Silfverberg missed his fourth consecutive game with an upper-body injury. ... The Ducks return to action Friday, welcoming the Minnesota Wild for the middle match of their homestand. ... Anaheim placed D Hampus Lindholm on injured reserve. He will miss Friday's game. The Ducks recalled D Jaycob Megna on Tuesday to fill the roster spot.

GAME SUMS

First Period-None. Penalties-Brassard, OTT, (holding stick), 6:11; Perry, ANA, Major (fighting), 7:15; Phaneuf, OTT, Major (fighting), 7:15; Montour, ANA, (interference), 12:31; Cogliano, ANA, (tripping), 19:39.
Second Period-1, Anaheim, Henrique 5 (Rakell, Perry), 3:47. 2, Anaheim, Kase 6 (Manson, Ritchie), 11:10. Penalties-Manson, ANA, (delay of game), 11:49.
Third Period-3, Anaheim, Henrique 6 (Vermette, Fowler), 18:25. Penalties-Phaneuf, OTT, (slashing), 3:48.
Shots on Goal-Ottawa 8-8-13-29. Anaheim 10-5-8-23.
Power-play opportunities-Ottawa 0 of 3; Anaheim 0 of 2.
Goalies-Ottawa, Anderson 7-9-3 (21 shots-19 saves). Anaheim, Miller 3-0-4 (29-29).
A-15,890 (17,174). Referees-Chris Schlenker, Brad Watson. Linesmen-Trent Knorr, Vaughan Rody.

Golden Knights win shootout over Ducks

LAS VEGAS -- It took 13 home games, but the Vegas Golden Knights played their first-ever shootout at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night.

Fittingly, Vegas, which has smashed virtually every NHL record for a team in its inaugural season, came away with a victory.

Alex Tuch, taking part in the first shootout of his career after sweating out a tripping penalty in overtime, scored on a backhand to give the Golden Knights a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks before a sellout crowd of 17,608.

Tuch was the third and final Golden Knights shooter after Ducks goalie John Gibson, who finished with 40 saves, stopped attempts by Jonathan Marchessault and James Neal.

"I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to sleep tonight," Tuch said. "It was a whole roller coaster (of emotions) all night. We're up 2-0, down 3-2, tied at 3-3, then (I'm) in the box in overtime. ...

"Hey, that's how hockey goes. That's how the game is played. You just have to battle through it and try to get the two points at the end of it, and I was glad we were able to do that."

After Tuch's goal, Vegas goalie Malcolm Subban, who earlier stopped attempts by Corey Perry and Rickard Rakell, made a pad save on Ondrej Kase to seal the win.

"It was my first shootout, so I was kind of nervous," Subban said. "I just tried to stay with the shooter and not give them anything to shoot at. It's hard to explain. You just try and stay focused and stay with the shooter."

Subban was mobbed by his teammates after he stopped Kase's shot to end it.

"It was a huge relief," Subban said. "Our team played such a good game, and I didn't want to get the loss in that kind of way. I thought we deserved to win the game, and I just tried to bear down and get the win."

Neal, Oscar Lindberg and Erik Haula scored goals for Vegas (17-9-1). The Golden Knights improved to 11-2-0 at home this season, including 5-0 in overtime games.

Francois Beauchemin, Antoine Vermette and Perry scored for Anaheim, which finished a six-game road trip with a 1-2-3 record.

Vegas dominated the first period, firing 19 shots on Gibson, who had a handful of highlight-reel saves. The Golden Knights finally broke through with two goals in a 16-second span, on rebounds converted by Neal, who floated a shot over a sprawled Gibson, and Lindberg in the last two minutes of the period.

Anaheim (11-11-6) tightened up defensively and answered three consecutive goals on just eight shots in the second period to take a 3-2 lead, holding the Golden Knights to just five shots, including none in the first 8 1/2 minutes.

Beauchemin started the comeback at 1:03 with a blast from the blue line that eluded Subban, who was screened by Vermette.

Vermette tied it four minutes later when he deflected a blue-line blast by defenseman Kevin Bieksa.

Perry then gave Anaheim the lead when he broke in free after taking a long pass from center Adam Henrique and rifled a shot over Subban's right shoulder.

That lead held up until Neal stole the puck in the corner and passed it to Haula, who fired it between the post and Gibson's pad to make it 3-3 with 4:22 left in regulation.

Anaheim had a four-on-three power play in overtime thanks to Tuch's tripping penalty on Rakell near center ice, but Subban came up several dazzling saves to help force the shootout.

"We talked about what we wanted to do," Perry said of the overtime power play. "We had a plan. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. He made a pretty big save on Monty (defenseman Brandon Montour) back door. We had a couple chances. Raks (Rakell) hit the post. It can go either way at that point."

NOTES: Anaheim RW Rickard Rakell, who leads the team with eight goals, returned to the starting lineup after missing five games with an upper-body injury. ... Ducks D Hampus Lindholm flew home before the game because of an upper-body injury, and he could miss the team's games this weekend. Lindholm sat out the first seven games of the season recovering from offseason shoulder surgery and also missed a Nov. 15 game against Boston with a lower-body injury. To take Lindholm's spot in the lineup, the Ducks recalled D Jaycob Megna from San Diego of the AHL. ... Anaheim also was without D Jakob Silfverberg, who missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury. Also scratched for the Ducks were D Korbinian Holzer and C Joseph Blandisi. D Jon Merrill and D Brad Hunt were scratched by the Golden Knights.

Ducks acquire Henrique, send Vatanen to Devils

Center Adam Henrique, forward Joe Blandisi and a third-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft were acquired by the Anaheim Ducks in a trade with the New Jersey Devils on Thursday for defenseman Sami Vatanen and a conditional third-round draft pick.

Henrique, 27, has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in 24 games this season. He's second among Devils forwards with in average ice time at 18:15, including 2:54 per game on the penalty kill, also second among Devils forwards.

The Ducks are missing three centers because of injuries. Ryan Kesler has not played this season because of a hip injury; Ryan Getzlaf has missed 14 games because of facial injuries sustained Oct. 29, and could miss another month; and Rickard Rakell has been out the past three games because of an upper-body injury.

Anaheim next plays at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday (7 p.m. ET; FS-O, PRIME, NHL.TV).

Taken by the Devils with a third-round pick (No. 82) in the 2008 NHL Draft, Henrique has 257 points (122 goals, 135 assists) in 455 games.

His biggest moments with the Devils came during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He scored in double-overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals to eliminate the Florida Panthers, and his overtime goal in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final eliminated the New York Rangers and put the Devils into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2003.

Henrique is in the fifth season of a six-year contract with an average annual value of $4 million, according to CapFriendly.com, and can become an unrestricted free agent after the 2018-19 season. If the Ducks sign Henrique to a contract prior to making their third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, that pick will be sent to the Devils. If the Ducks sign Henrique after using that selection, their third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft will be sent to the Devils. If Henrique does not re-sign with the Ducks, no pick will be traded.

Blandisi, 23, has 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) in 19 games with Binghamton, the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate. He had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 27 games with the Devils last season.

Vatanen, 26, has four points (one goal, three assists) and a minus-6 rating in 15 games this season, and was third on the Ducks in average ice time at 21:06 per game. He missed the first seven games of the season recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. He could make his Devils debut at the Colorado Avalanche on Friday (9 p.m. ET; ALT, MSG+ 2, NHL.TV).

"In acquiring Sami, we bring on a right shot, top-four defenseman who can play in all situations," Devils general manager Ray Shero said. "This move also gives us contract certainty on the back end for the next two-plus years. When acquiring a defenseman like Vatanen, you have to give back quality assets or players in return. That is the case in this situation with Adam and Joe. Adam has been a key member of our organization for nearly 10 years since he was drafted. His contributions both on and off the ice will always be appreciated by our organization and fans. For Joe, this is a great opportunity with a quality organization like Anaheim and I am happy for him."

Selected by the Ducks in the fourth round (No. 106) of the 2009 NHL Draft, Vatanen has 126 points (33 goals, 93 assists) in 280 games. He's in the second season of a four-year contract with an average annual value of $4.875 million, according to CapFriendly.com.

Gibson rebounds from rough outing, leads Ducks past Blues

By STEVE OVERBEY
Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anaheim goalie John Gibson has been pulled from a hockey game before. So he knew exactly how to react after a rough outing: No panic, no worries.

“It’s going to happen to everybody. It’s part of the game,” Gibson said after making 37 saves in the Anaheim Ducks’ 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

Antoine Vermette had two goals and Kevin Roy also scored for the Ducks, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to snap a four-game losing streak.

Gibson, who was pulled after giving up four goals on 22 shots in a 7-3 loss at Chicago on Monday, calmly refocused and came out with one of his best efforts of the season to improve to 8-9-1.

“We need him and we wanted to come out and play well in front of him,” Vermette said. “Tonight, he stood up big for us.”

Gibson stopped the first 36 shots he faced before giving up two goals to Kyle Brodziak in the final 3:48. Brodziak scored with 17 seconds left to bring the Blues within one.

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle knew his veteran goalie would respond well.

“When you get thumped like we did the other night in Chicago, you look for a response,” Carlyle said. “(He) gave us A-quality goaltending.”

Jake Allen finished with 27 saves for the Blues, who had won four of their previous five.

Vermette snapped an 11-game scoreless drought with his first multigoal game since Nov. 25, 2015.

“It’s nice, but at the end of the day you just want to win,” Vermette said. “We’ll take it. It came at a good time tonight.”

Vermette deflected in a shot off his right glove just 4:17 into the game for the Blues.

Roy and Vermette each had power-play goals in a span of 2:28 early in the second for a 3-0 cushion.

The short-handed Ducks were playing without several key offensive players, including leading-scorer Rickard Rakell, who missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury.

“We’re facing a strange situation with a lot of adversity,” Vermette said. “We’re taking a lot of pride as a group and trying to battle through it.”

Gibson’s biggest save came midway through the second period when he stopped Jaden Schwartz on a breakaway.

The Blues had won their last four home games against the Ducks, but looked flat throughout most of the contest.

“A game like tonight, penalty kill could have found a way to win a game for us,” said Brodziak, who is on the PK unit. “Instead, we found a way to lose a game.”

The Blues still lead the Western Conference with 35 points.

“I don’t think we got to our game at all tonight,” St. Louis winger Alexander Steen said. “We didn’t play the way we had played previously and it bit us.”

NOTES: St. Louis C Patrik Berglund made his season debut after missing the first 24 games with a dislocated left shoulder. ... The Ducks have scored first in 11 of 25 games. ... St. Louis still has points in 12 of its last 15 home games against Anaheim.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Continue a six-game road trip at Columbus on Friday.

Blues: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.

DeBrincat helps Blackhawks pound Ducks 7-3

By JAY COHEN
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Alex DeBrincat has terrific hands, good speed and the instincts of an elite scorer.

Even at 5-foot-7, he looks right at home in the NHL.

DeBrincat had three goals and an assist, Patrick Sharp stopped a 16-game scoring drought and the surging Chicago Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-3 on Monday night.

“Pucks were bouncing my way today,” DeBrincat said. “It’s cool to get that over with.”

DeBrincat, who turns 20 on Dec. 18, became the second-youngest player in franchise history to record a hat trick, trailing Jeremy Roenick by four days. He has nine goals and three assists in 11 November games.

“He’s a great player,” Sharp said. “You could tell that in training camp whenever he got the puck. He just has poise with it. He’s looking to make a play. I said earlier he’s playing like he’s in junior hockey still, and that’s a compliment. He’s looking to make those plays. He’s not intimidated with the speed or the pace of the game. You can see the results.”

Nick Schmaltz had a goal and two assists and Artem Anisimov scored his team-high 11th goal as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games. Brandon Saad also scored and Patrick Kane collected three assists, extending his season-high point streak to seven games.

The banged-up Ducks dropped their fourth consecutive game. Ryan Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf and Patrick Eaves remain out with long-term injuries, Rickard Rakell missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury and defenseman Brandon Montour left midway through the third, favoring his right side as he skated off the ice.

Chris Wagner had two goals for Anaheim, and Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist. John Gibson made 18 saves on 22 shots before he was replaced by Ryan Miller in the second period.

“To tell the truth, I thought it was a mercy pull,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “I told him, we’re not going to leave any goaltender in that situation where we’re going to leave you hanging high and dry like that. We didn’t think that we were playing very well in front of him and I felt that they both should share in the responsibility of the hockey.”

Chicago grabbed control with three in the first period. Sharp beat Gibson on a one-timer at 8:57 for his first goal since Oct. 14. DeBrincat then scored his eighth of the season off a slick pass from Schmaltz, and Saad made it 3-0 when he stole the puck from Derek Grant and banked one in off the left post with 1:49 left in the period.

The Blackhawks were only getting started.

“We played pretty well last game and we think it’s going to be easy,” Wagner said. “I don’t know why we wouldn’t be mentally ready. There’s no rhyme or reason. It’s not going to get any easier. We might as well start competing now in the right way.”

Silfverberg got one back when his centering pass went off the stick of Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook and in 6:14 into the second. But DeBrincat responded with a rebound goal and then scored again off a pass from Kane, making it 6-2 at 14:14.

Schmaltz added his fourth of the season at 5:48 of the third, tapping in a beautiful pass from Kane.

“It’s fun when we’re playing like that,” Schmaltz said. “Everybody’s having fun and making plays. When you hold on to the puck, it’s a lot of fun.”

Ryan Hartman added two assists for Chicago, and Corey Crawford finished with 25 saves.

NOTES: Carlyle thought Montour would be OK. “He was taking his skates off when I walked in and he was functioning well, so I don’t think there’s anything too major,” he said. ... The Ducks also played without Fs Jared Boll (lower body) and Ondrej Kase (upper body). ... The Blackhawks scratched D Michal Kempny, C Tanner Kero and D Jordan Oesterle. ... Chicago G Anton Forsberg, who likely will start Tuesday against Nashville, celebrated his 25th birthday.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Visit St. Louis on Wednesday night.

Blackhawks: Visit Nashville on Tuesday night.

Vermette scores winner in shootout, Ducks edge Sharks 3-2

By RICK EYMER
Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Antoine Vermette made sure Reto Berra had a memorable first start with Anaheim.

Vermette beat goalie Martin Jones in the ninth round of a long shootout to give the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.

Corey Perry, Cam Fowler and Brandon Montour also scored during the tiebreaker for Anaheim.

Joonas Donskoi, Tim Heed and Brent Burns had shootout goals for the Sharks. Tomas Hertl missed his attempt in the ninth round, leaving Vermette a chance to win it.

“I tried to change pace, change direction,” Vermette said. “I started a little quicker and then I slowed down, changed sides and saw how he was going to react.”

Perry and Rickard Rakell scored in regulation for the Ducks. Berra made 40 saves in his first start of the season.

“The last two weeks, since I played my last game, I felt really good in practice and the same in the game,” Berra said. “It was a tough start and good chance that they scored (on), but after that I got better and better into the game. I stayed calm, I stayed big, and so I’m really happy.”

Donskoi had two goals for the Sharks, including the tying score in the third period. Jones stopped 28 shots.

“He’s one of the guys who has driven this team,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski said. “It was a big night for him. He stepped up. You could see right from the start he had legs and he wanted to play the puck.”

Donskoi helped create his own goal by knocking the puck away from a Ducks defender and getting it to Logan Couture for a give-and-go as the Sharks took a 1-0 lead 3:31 into the game.

The Ducks came back in the second period to even the score 45 seconds in. After winning a faceoff in the San Jose zone, Montour sent a sharp pass to Perry’s stick. Perry settled it and fired into the net for the equalizer.

Rakell gave the Ducks a 2-1 advantage midway through the second, just as a power play ended. Perry took a shot that bounced off Jones’ pads, and Rakell knocked it into the net before Jones could cover up.

“Our goaltender made some big stops and got us to overtime and made a couple more in overtime,” Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. “And obviously the shootout, we scored one more than they did.”

The Sharks snapped an 0-for-17 streak on the power play with a goal midway through the third to tie it. Donskoi tracked down a rebound and flipped it off Berra’s right pad and into the net for his second career multi-goal game.

“It felt good to get a power-play goal,” Donskoi said. “We haven’t been so good on the power play. We’ve got a lot of good players in this room, a lot of young guys who have a chance to play a bigger role.”

NOTES: Ducks D Cam Fowler returned to action after missing 12 games with a knee injury. ... Sharks C Melker Karlsson missed the game with an upper-body injury. ... Sharks forward Kevin Labanc, who hasn’t played much recently, started on the top line with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski. Donskoi was moved to the second line. ... Ducks G Ryan Miller missed the game with a lower-body injury. Berra made his fourth appearance this season. ... Perry has seven points in his last five games. ... Rakell has a point in seven of his past eight games, with a total of 11 during that span. ... The Sharks scored their second power-play goal in eight November games.

UP NEXT

Ducks: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.

Sharks: Play at the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday.

Gibson stops 50 shots in Ducks' 3-2 win over Panthers

Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Of all the ways to win a hockey game, this wasn’t Anaheim’s favorite.

John Gibson stopped 50 shots and the Ducks held on to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 for their first winning streak in three weeks. The Ducks were outshot 52-28, but Gibson was able to make goals from Josh Manson, Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour stand.

“He saved our butts,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said.

Gibson was one save shy of tying his own franchise record, which he shares with Jonas Hiller.

“We got a stellar performance from our goaltender, simple as that,” Carlyle said.

Florida fell to a disappointing 7-11-2, with only 16 points in 20 games.

“Same story, different night,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “We threw everything we had at them.”

Anaheim had not won consecutive games since Oct. 28 and 29.

After the Ducks took a 2-0 lead, Florida — shut out Saturday by the Kings — finally snapped its scoreless streak in the second period on a power play. Vincent Trocheck’s wrist shot went top shelf for his ninth goal.

That was all the offense the Panthers could manage despite their barrage on Gibson until Keith Yandle scored with a slap shot 17:01 into the third period to make it 3-2.

Gibson did the rest, if not exactly by Anaheim’s design.

“We didn’t have a very good outing from a standpoint of managing the puck,” Carlyle said. “To tax our goaltender to the level we did tonight is unfair to him.”

Gibson shrugged it all off.

“You don’t have a choice,” Gibson said. “When you come into the game and you might get 10, you might get 50. You have to be ready to play the game.”

Gibson was put under additional stress because the Panthers had six power plays, though they cashed in on just one.

“We’re running into hot goalies,” Yandle said. “We’re getting opportunities. It comes down to a couple of bounces. I thought our effort was great and we played hard, but it’s never fun losing.”

The Ducks took a 2-0 lead after Manson opened the scoring late in the first period when he stole the puck from Jonathan Huberdeau near center ice and broke free on a breakaway.

Manson faked Roberto Luongo into committing right and slipped the puck by his other side for his second goal of the season.

“I didn’t really know what to do, to tell you the truth,” Manson said. “I just blacked out and it worked out.”

Anaheim went up 2-0 on Rakell’s power-play goal in the second period. Montour’s power-play goal in the third gave Anaheim its 3-1 lead. It was his sixth, a career high.

“We were starving for offense the first 10 games,” Carlyle said. “Our power play was pop-gun offense, it really wasn’t a power play. It wasn’t enough.”

NOTES: The Ducks held a pregame ceremony to honor Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya, who were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame last week. They were presented with gold pucks, and Ducks owner Henry Samueli called them the franchise’s “first two true superstars.” ... Florida D Aaron Ekblad matched a career high with nine shots on goal. ... Anaheim F Corey Perry had two assists, giving him three multi-assist games in four contests. ... Anaheim called up Mike Liambas from AHL San Diego for his Ducks debut. ... After playing one game in six days, Sunday marked the first of nine games in 14 days for the Ducks.

UP NEXT

Panthers: Return home on Wednesday to play Toronto.

Ducks: Travel to San Jose Monday to meet the Sharks in a one-game road trip.