ANAHEIM, Calif. - Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday.
Troy Terry had a power-play goal and Isac Lundestrom and Derek Grant also scored to help the Ducks end a three-game losing streak that followed an eight-game winning streak.
鈥淲e had a good stretch there where we鈥檙e playing well and getting results, and then went on the road and we didn鈥檛 play our best, and obviously we didn鈥檛 get the results we wanted either. So I think the focus coming home was to get back to what we were doing that made us successful. Worry about us and not the opponent, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that,鈥 Grant said.
Stolarz got his fourth career shutout, and rookie center Trevor Zegras had two assists.
Anton Forsberg made 29 saves for the Senators. They have dropped four in a row and have only one victory in their past 11 games.
鈥淭heresa国际传媒 no lack of effort there today,鈥 Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e trying. They鈥檙e frustrated we鈥檙e not scoring, and when you鈥檙e losing you open it up a bit and you give up other chances.鈥
Rakell extended Anaheimsa国际传媒 lead to 4-0 at 9:05 of the third period, getting to the edge of the paint for the chip shot to finish off a clever passing sequence from Sonny Milano to Zegras to Rakell.
Rakell has two goals and two assists in a three-game points streak since returning from an upper-body injury that kept him out for 10 games.
Terry put the Ducks up 3-0 with 43 second left in the second, building up speed before cutting right and putting a backhand shot in between Forsbergsa国际传媒 legs. It was Terrysa国际传媒 fourth power-play goal and 13th overall, pacing the team in both categories.
Grant made it 2-0 with 9:32 to go in the second by scoring off the rush after Anaheim killed a penalty. Victor Mete tried to bat the loose puck away after Grantsa国际传媒 shot was stopped by Forsberg, but it struck Tyler Ennis and went it.
Ennis could do nothing but hang his head after the inadvertent gaffe, which came after he lost his footing in the neutral zone to allow Grant to race down the ice with the puck.
鈥淚鈥檒l take as many of those as I can get,鈥 said Grant, who hadn鈥檛 scored in his first 17 games this season.
The Ducks broke through with 3:17 left in the first on Lundestromsa国际传媒 fourth goal from a one-timer in the low slot.
DEFINITELY SPECIAL
Anaheim was 1 or 3 on the power play and held Ottawa to 0 for 4. The improvement on both units, which ranked in the top eight in the NHL coming into today, has been a major catalyst for the Ducks鈥 strong start. Coach Dallas Eakins credited the arrival of new assistant Mike Stothers for bringing a new attitude to special teams, especially on the penalty kill.
鈥淓very day is a desperate day on them,鈥 coach Dallas Eakins said. 鈥淥ur killers are very, very well prepared for anything that comes out there.鈥
IN THE MUCK
Ottawa was held scoreless for the third time in six games and has allowed 26 games in that span.
鈥淲e鈥檙e gonna have to really reach down deep,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淥bviously we鈥檙e a fragile group. Coming on this trip losing all three, guys are just getting back to health, and we need to win just to feel good about ourselves.鈥
NOTES: Zegras has four assists in his past three games. 鈥 Milano has two goals and two assists in a three-game points streak. 鈥 Ducks F Adam Henrique returned to the lineup after sitting out at Colorado on Wednesday because of an upper-body injury. 鈥 Senators G Matt Murray was a healthy scratch after allowing four goals on 27 shots in a 6-3 loss at Ottawa on Wednesday. Filip Gustavsson backed up Forsberg. 鈥 Senators D Josh Brown is expected to miss four to six weeks after sustaining an upper-body injury against Colorado on Monday.
UP NEXT
Senators: At Los Angeles on Saturday.
Ducks: Host Toronto on Sunday.
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