Ducks’ Three Power-Play Strikes Sink Vancouver in 5-4 Thriller

The Anaheim Ducks edged the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 at Rogers Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 3—the game date in Eastern time, today. Anaheim’s three power-play goals, against Vancouver’s two, provided the key special-teams edge in the one-goal result. Cutter Gauthier scored three times, including two power-play goals, on six shots; he had zero assists, finished even and recorded no hits. Beckett Sennecke set up four goals, with two shots, one hit and a plus-minus of zero. Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists, including one power-play goal, on one shot, adding two hits and a plus-one; Vancouver’s Jake DeBrusk scored twice, including one power-play goal, on three shots, with one hit and a zero plus-minus, while Elias Pettersson supplied two assists, no shots, no goals, power-play goals or hits, and a plus-one. Anaheim goalie Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves on 23 shots for an 82.6% save rate, while Vancouver’s Kevin Lankinen stopped 17 of 22 for 77.3%. The Ducks prevailed despite being outshot 23-22, with their extra power-play conversion matching the final one-goal margin.