Hughes has 3 assists to reach 300 in NHL, Canucks defeat Ducks
Boeser gets goal, assist for Vancouver, which has won 6 of 8; Zellweger scores for Anaheim
Canucks at Ducks | Recap
ANAHEIM — Quinn Hughes had three assists to reach 300 in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks in a 5-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Tuesday.
Brock Boeser, Kiefer Sherwood and Danton Heinen each had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves for the Canucks (6-2-3), who have won six of eight (6-1-1).
Olen Zellweger scored and Lukas Dostal made 31 saves for the Ducks (4-6-2), who have lost three in a row (0-2-1).
Zellweger scored a power-play goal from the left point on a wrist shot through traffic to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 5:35 of the first period.
The Canucks scored on their second power play of the opening period when Boeser redirected a shot from Hughes into the net to tie it 1-1 at 16:22.
Vancouver took the lead 58 seconds later when Sherwood scored off a centering pass off the rush from Erik Brannstrom to make it 2-1 at 17:20.
Elias Pettersson tipped in a slap shot from Hughes to stretch the lead to 3-1 at 2:18 of the second period.
Jake DeBrusk scored with a slap shot to make it 4-1 at 12:08 of the third. Hughes collected his 300th NHL assist on the play.
Heinen scored from in close with 1:42 remaining for the 5-1 final.