Ducks Score 3 Power-Play Goals In 6-4 Win Over Flames
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Perry had a goal and two assists Monday, and the Anaheim Ducks went a perfect 3 for 3 on the power play in a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames.
The Flames led 3-2 after an action-packed first period, but with Johnny Gaudreau in the penalty box, Perry banged Cam Fowler's rebound past Jonas Hiller to tie it early in the second.
The Ducks went right back to the man advantage when Jakub Nakladal was called for holding and needed only 11 seconds to convert, with a rebound deflecting off several players and going in off the skate of Sami Vatanen to put Anaheim into the lead for good.
Mike Santorelli, with a pair of goals, Hamphus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell also scored for Anaheim. The Ducks, 9-1-1 in their last 11 games, leapfrogged San Jose into second place in the Pacific Division.
The Ducks are 3-1-1 with two games to go on a seven-game road trip.
Jiri Hudler had two goals and an assist to lead Calgary. Gaudreau had a goal and two assists and Sean Monahan had three assists as the Flames' top line combined for nine points. Dougie Hamilton also scored.
Hiller was pulled after Vatanen's goal, leaving with 13 saves on 17 shots. Joni Ortio, in his first NHL action since October, didn't fare much better. He was beaten on the second shot he faced, as Rakell's goal put the Ducks ahead 5-3.
Calgary got back within one with 7 seconds left in the middle period on Hudler's second of the night, as he slid a shot past Frederik Andersen after Monahan had hit the crossbar.
The Ducks regained their two-goal cushion 51 seconds into the third period on Santorelli's second goal, chipping a rebound over Ortio.
The Flames continued struggling while playing short-handed; their 29th-ranked penalty-kill unit surrendered three goals for the third straight game.
Andersen finished with 33 saves. Ortio finished with nine saves.
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