Rakell, Ducks dump Coyotes
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Rickard Rakell had two goals and an assist to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night at the Honda Center.
Anaheim's Antoine Vermette finished with a goal and an assist. Kevin Bieksa and Jakob Silfverberg each tallied a goal, Corey Perry added two assists, and goalie John Gibson stopped 21 shots for the Ducks (5-5-2).
Jamie McGinn scored for the Coyotes (4-7-0), who conceded 33 shots on goal.
Anaheim built a 3-0 lead in the first period, with Bieksa's power-play goal beginning the scoring. Rakell dug out the puck from the right corner and passed to Corey Perry at the right circle. Perry sent the puck across the ice to Bieksa, who fired a slap shot from the left point past goalie Louis Domingue at 9:05 for his first goal of the season.
Roughly three minutes later, Rakell extended the lead to 2-0. Michael Sgarbossa began the scoring sequence when he secured the puck at the right boards in the Ducks' zone and freed Perry for a two-on-one breakaway. Perry faked a shot before passing to Rakell, who dragged a wrist shot from the left circle inside the left post at 12:11 for his second goal.
With 45 seconds left in the first period, Silfverberg gave Anaheim its third goal. Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski tried to clear the puck from behind the net, but Vermette intercepted it and sent a backhand pass to Silfverberg, who scored his third goal with a backhand shot inside the left post.
Arizona coach Dave Tippett replaced Domingue with Justin Peters after the Ducks out-shot the Coyotes in the first period, 21-4. Domingue made 18 saves.
Vermette increased Anaheim's advantage to 4-0 at 13:23 of the second period. After Coyotes defenseman Connor Murphy blocked Ondrej Kase's wrist shot at the left circle, Vermette secured the loose puck and launched a slap shot from the top of the slot. Kase earned his first NHL assist after making his debut Wednesday night.
McGinn broke the shutout at 16:32 of the middle period when he redirected Radim Vrbata's pass from the right circle for his third goal.
Rakell recorded his second goal of the game at 14:11 of the third period when he dislodged the puck underneath Peters' left leg pad. Tippett challenged the call, but video replay confirmed the goal.
Peters stopped 10 of the 12 shots he faced.
NOTES: Arizona scratched C Laurent Dauphin, C Martin Hanzal and D Michael Stone. ... Coyotes LW Tobias Rieder returned to action after missing the Thursday game because of a lower-body injury. ... Coyotes D Oliver Ekman-Larsson needs six goals to pass Fredrick Olausson and move into third place on the franchise's career list for goals by a defenseman. Olausson scored 86 times between 1986 and 1994. ... Anaheim scratched C Ryan Getzlaf and LW Nick Ritchie. ... The Ducks sent D Shea Theodore to San Diego (AHL) and D Jakob Larsson to Sweden's Frolunda HC on Thursday. Larsson, 19, played just four games with Anaheim.