Ducks give up 5 first-period goals in loss

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The Canucks’ Max Sasson, left, celebrates his goal as he skates behind the Ducks’ Oliver Kylington in Saturday’s game. Ethan Cairns / The Canadian Press

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The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist in Vancouver’s five-goal first period and the Canucks beat the Ducks, 6-2, on Saturday.

Connor Garland, Filip Hronek, Dakota Joshua, Max Sasson and rookie defenseman Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, and Quinn Hughes had two assists. Thatcher Demko stopped 32 shots to help the Canucks pull six points behind Minnesota for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

Troy Terry and Trevor Zegras scored for the Ducks and Lukas Dostal finished with 30 saves.

Terry scored on Anaheim’s first shot on goal 1:22 into the game for a 1-0 lead.

The Canucks then scored five times in a 4:30 span to take a 5-1 lead.

Takeaways

Ducks: Anaheim is 12th in the West and has been eliminated from playoff contention. Terry became the fourth Ducks player with 20 goals this season, joining Leo Carlsson, Mason McTavish and Frank Vatrano.

Canucks: Vancouver, 10-1-0 in its last 11 games against the Ducks, allowed an opening goal in the first five minutes for the 11th time this season — sixth at home.