Coyotes 4, Ducks 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Left winger Anthony Duclair recorded his first career hat trick, leading the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.
Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith stopped 37 shots to earn his first shutout of the season.
All of the scoring came in the first two periods of the contest.
Duclair, 20, completed his hat trick at 10:57 of the second period, giving Arizona a four-goal lead. Acquired by the Coyotes from the New York Rangers last season in exchange for defenseman Keith Yandle, Duclair has points in all three of the Coyotes' games this season.
Center Martin Hanzal assisted on all three of Duclair's goals, giving him six assists on the season. Hanzal also has points in each game this season.
Duclair scored his first two goals of the season in the first 10 minutes. The first one came at 3:16 when Hanzal won the faceoff and Duclair scored low, stick side on Ducks goaltender Anton Khudobin.
The second goal came at 9:55 on a rebound during a power play. Center Max Domi took advantage of a takeaway in the neutral zone, skated all the way down and put the puck on Khudobin's stick. Duclair scored on the rebound to give the Coyotes an early 2-0 lead.
At 12:53 of the opening period, Domi added to the lead. Domi took a drop pass in the circle to the left of the Ducks' net and beat Khudobin with a backhand shot.
Frederik Andersen replaced Khudobin after Domi's goal. Khudobin stopped just five of the eight shots he faced. Andersen finished with 20 saves, and he allowed just Duclair's final goal.
NOTES: Arizona and Anaheim met for the first of five times this season. ... Coming into Wednesday night, the Ducks earned points in 10 consecutive games against the Coyotes (8-0-2) and had an all-time record of 65-32-18 against Arizona. ... G Anton Khudobin made his first start for Anaheim. He was acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes on June 27 in exchange for D James Wisniewski. ... Scratches for the Coyotes were LW John Scott, C Joe Vitale and D Stefan Elliott. The Ducks scratched D Clayton Stoner (lower-body injury), RW Tim Jackman and C Chris Wagner.