Ducks 7, Devils 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jakob Silfverberg had three goals and an assist, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 7-1 rout of the New Jersey Devils on Monday night at the Honda Center.
Silfverberg accomplished the first hat trick and the first four-point game of his career. Linemates Ryan Kesler and Andrew Cogliano each contributed a goal and two assists.
Corey Perry added his 29th goal, Nick Ritchie scored the first of his NHL career, and goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 24 shots for the Ducks, who broke a three-game losing streak.
Anaheim (38-21-9) remained two points behind the first-place Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division and extended its lead over the third-place San Jose Sharks to three points.
Devonte Smith-Pelly scored his fourth goal in six games for the Devils (33-30-7), who allowed a season-high goal total. New Jersey goalie Keith Kinkaid stopped 18 of 24 shots before getting pulled. He was making his fourth successive start for Cory Schneider, who has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
After Perry and Ritchie scored in the third period, Silfverberg completed his career night with his 12th goal, a slap shot from the right point inside the right post against reserve goalie Yann Danis with 12:47 to play.
Danis replaced Kinkaid at 6:16 of the final period, when Ritchie scored on a wrist shot from the right circle into the upper-left corner of the net. Danis stopped two of the three shots he faced.
Silfverberg began his offensive eruption by scoring twice in a period of 4 minutes, 26 seconds in the second period.
The right winger scored his first goal of the game by sweeping the rebound of Josh Manson's shot from the right circle between goalie Kevin Kinkaid's outstretched stick and the left post to give the Ducks a 3-1 lead at 5:30 of the period.
Kinkaid, who permitted only one goal in his previous two games, allowed three on the Ducks' first seven shots of the second period.
Then, at 9:56, Silfverberg scored his 11th goal of the season to extend the hosts' advantage to 4-1. Kesler passed from near the right post to Silfverberg, who converted a wrist shot off Kinkaid's stick in front of the crease.
Kesler had broken a 1-1 tie at 3:44 of the second period. Manson faked a wrist shot from the right circle before passing to Kesler, who scored his 15th goal on a wrist shot from the circle.
Cogliano recorded the game's first goal 32 seconds into the second period. Cogliano scored his eighth goal by tapping the rebound of Silfverberg's slap shot from the right point past Kinkaid's right skate.
Just 37 seconds later, Smith-Pelly tied the score. Devils left winger Tyler Kennedy began the scoring play by receiving a pass from defenseman John Moore and stickhandled from the left boards through the neutral zone to the right corner.
Before skating behind the net, Kennedy sent the puck to Smith-Pelly, who shot it between Andersen's legs for his 10th goal.
NOTES: New Jersey scratched C Jacob Josefson, D Jon Merrill, G Cory Schneider, D Damon Severson and RW Jordin Tootoo. ... Devils RW Kyle Palmieri, who spent his first five seasons with the Ducks, played his first game in Anaheim since being traded to New Jersey in June. ... Devils D Andy Greene played in his 299th game Monday night. ... Anaheim scratched D Kevin Bieksa, C Nate Thompson and D Sami Vatanen. ... Ducks C Shawn Horcoff played his first game since Jan. 23 on Monday night. The NHL suspended Horcoff 20 games for using a performance-enhancing drug. ... Ducks LW Andrew Cogliano played in his 690th consecutive game, the sixth longest such streak in NHL history. ... Ducks C Brandon Pirri practiced for the first time with his new team Sunday. Pirri, acquired from the Florida Panthers on Feb. 28, injured an ankle Feb. 13 against the Nashville Predators. ... Ducks D Cam Fowler played in his 400th NHL game.