Cutter Gauthier Scores Two Goals As Ducks Defeat The Islanders

Cutter Gauthier scored doubly successful a span of conscionable complete 3 minutes successful nan first period, backup goalie Ville Husso stopped 42 shots and the Ducks hit nan New York Islanders 5-1 connected Wednesday night.

Beckett Sennecke, Ryan Poehling and Frank Vatrano besides had goals to thief nan Ducks to their 13th triumph successful 16 games.

David Rittich had 20 saves for nan Islanders, who had their five-game winning streak snapped contempt outshooting nan Ducks 43-25. Anders Lee scored nan 304th extremity of his career, tying Clark Gillies for nan fourth-most successful franchise history.

Husso, who stopped 16 shots successful nan first play and 13 successful some nan 2nd and third, had a timely capacity amid speculation nan Ducks are pursuing a backup goalie down Lukas Dostal earlier Friday’s waste and acquisition deadline.

He turned distant a flurry of shots aft New York pulled Rittich pinch 8½ minutes near successful nan game. Vatrano, who missed nan erstwhile 22 games because of an upper-body injury, scored into an quiet nett pinch 4:11 remaining to seal Anaheim’s win.

Lee banged nan rebound of Tony DeAngelo’s changeable from adjacent nan bluish statement past Husso for a 1-0 lead 4:58 into nan game.

But nan Ducks scored 3 times successful nan last 7:04 of nan play for a 3-1 lead. Gauthier took a walk from Sennecke connected a powerfulness play and snapped a changeable from nan near circle past Rittich.

Just 3:09 later, nan 22-year-old Swede took a walk from Leo Carlsson and scored from nan correct circle for his team-leading 31st extremity to springiness nan Ducks a 2-1 lead pinch 3:55 left.

Sennecke snapped nan rebound of Ian Moore’s changeable into a astir unfastened nett from nan doorstep for his 20th goal.

The Islanders had erased 2-0 deficits successful each of their past 3 wins, but nan Ducks kept them disconnected nan committee successful portion by sidesplitting 3 penalties successful nan 2nd period.

Poehling squeezed a backhand tip-in conscionable past Rittich’s skate and complete nan extremity statement 2:11 into nan 3rd for his seventh extremity and a 4-1 lead for nan Ducks.