Ducks snap 4-game losing skid with rout over Canucks

Adam Henrique and Nicolas Deslauriers scored two goals each as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 7-4 Saturday night to snap a four-game NHL winless streak.

Troy Terry had a goal and an assist for Anaheim (24-19-9). Richard Rakell, on the power play, and Sam Steel also scored for the Ducks who were 0-3-1 in their previous four games. Trevor Zegras collected three assists.

Elias Pettersson had a goal and two assists for the Canucks (23-22-6) who saw a two-game win streak end. Tanner Pearson, Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland all had a goal and an assist.

Anaheim goalie John Gibson stopped 16 shots and picked up an assist on the Ducks' opening goal.

With COVID-19 seating restrictions lifted after two months the 18,910-seat Rogers Arena was about two-thirds full.

Deslauriers' second goal of the night game off a scramble early in the third period. Sam Carrick collected his second assist of the game.

The Ducks led 6-2 after two periods.

With Canucks captain Bo Horvat off for slashing, Henrique scored Anaheim's second power-play goal of the game at 1:35 of the second, deflecting a shot through traffic.

Steel made it 5-0 at 4:20. With the Canucks defence out of position after killing another man-advantage, Steel was left alone in the slot to take a Zegras pass from behind the net. That goal ended Demko's night.

The Canucks tried to claw back into the game with Pearson scoring at 4:52, then Pettersson ripping a shot past Gibson on a power play at 15:47.

Henrique restored the four-goal lead just over a minute later. Zegras fired a shot from the point that hit the post, then hit Halak on the back and dribbled toward the net. Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn made a diving attempt to stop the puck, but Henrique poked it