Coach Joel Quenneville Gets 1,000th Victory As Ducks Defeat Oilers

Joel Quenneville became nan 2nd coach successful NHL history to triumph 1,000 games pinch nan Ducks’ 6-5 comeback victory complete nan Edmonton Oilers connected Wednesday night.

Quenneville joined Scotty Bowman successful an exclusive lucky nine pinch a milestone triumph successful nan Ducks’ first crippled backmost from nan Olympic break.

Cutter Gauthier scored nan tiebreaking extremity pinch 1:14 to play for the Ducks, who erased a brace of two-goal deficits. Leo Carlsson had a extremity and 2 assists successful his first quality since Jan. 10 for nan Ducks, who person won six consecutive location games and 10 of 12 wide to leapfrog nan Oilers into 2nd place successful nan Pacific Division.

Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard scored precocious successful nan 2nd play to put nan Oilers ahead, but Carlsson and Olen Zellweger scored early successful nan 3rd to moreover it again.

Rookie Matt Savoie past converted a rebound precocious successful a powerfulness play for his 10th profession goal, but Beckett Sennecke answered 46 seconds later pinch a slick wrist changeable for his 19th extremity — tops among NHL rookies.

Gauthier past converted a rebound of Carlsson’s shot, mounting disconnected a chaotic ceremony wrong a sold-out Honda Center.

Jack Roslovic and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. Connor McDavid had 2 assists, giving nan Olympic metallic medalist an NHL-best 98 points successful 59 games.

Ian Moore and Alex Killorn scored for nan Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 22 saves.

Tristan Jarry made 20 saves earlier getting pulled for Connor Ingram aft Sennecke’s tying extremity pinch 13:21 to play.

Carlsson was outstanding successful his return to nan Ducks’ lineup aft missing nan last 11 games earlier nan break pinch a thigh wounded that kept him retired of nan Olympics.

Mikael Granlund didn’t play for Anaheim aft captaining Finland to bronze successful Milan. None of nan Oilers’ Olympians sat retired arsenic they opened a three-game California trip.