Ducks power past Senators
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Corey Perry, Antoine Vermette and Sami Vatanen each scored a power-play goal to lead the Anaheim Ducks' 5-1 rout of the Ottawa Senators on Sunday at the Honda Center.
Nick Ritchie and Joseph Cramarossa added goals for the Ducks (15-9-5), who received 21 saves from John Gibson while earning their third consecutive victory and sixth in eight games.
Ryan Dzingel scored the only goal for the Senators (16-11-2), who have lost five of their last seven.
The Ducks built a 3-1 advantage in the first period. Cramarossa used his second goal to begin the scoring 2:58 into the game. After goalie Mike Condon stopped Josh Manson's shot from the right point with his right leg pad, Cramarossa swept the puck inside the left post.
Nearly five minutes later, Dzingel tied the score on a power play. Former Duck Bobby Ryan passed from the left corner to Dzingel, who scored his seventh goal by dragging a shot from the bottom of the right circle at 7:53.
But what Dzingel gave, Dzingel essentially took away later in the period, as Anaheim scored two power-play goals with Dzingel in the penalty box.
Perry gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Cam Fowler's slap shot from inside the blue line deflected off Ottawa defenseman Dion Phaneuf to Perry, who swept the puck past Condon for his second goal in three games and his sixth of the season.
Then, with 47 seconds left in the first period, Vermette followed suit with his sixth. Vermette's pass from the left corner hit the inside of Senators defenseman Cody Ceci's left leg and ricocheted into the net.
Condon made 10 saves in the period before being replaced by Andrew Hammond, who made just his third appearance for Ottawa.
Ritchie extended the Ducks' lead to 4-1 by beating Hammond on a 3-on-1 breakaway at 10:29 of the second period. An open Ritchie received Vermette's pass and converted a wrist shot for his seventh goal.
Vatanen scored Anaheim's third power-play goal at 7:59 of the third period, when he flipped a wrist shot under the crossbar for his second of the season.
NOTES: Ottawa G Craig Anderson needs 15 games to reach 500 for his career. ... The Senators scratched Anderson, D Mark Borowiecki and RW Buddy Robinson. ... Senators D Erik Karlsson had three goals and five assists in his previous four games. ... Anaheim scratched RW Jared Boll and D Korbinian Holzer. ... Ducks LW Andrew Cogliano played in his 733rd consecutive game. If Cogliano plays in the next five, he will pass Jay Bouwmeester move into fifth place on the NHL's career list of successive games.