Vancouver Canucks fall 5-4 to Ducks as Gauthier nets second straight hat trick

The Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Tuesday night, the NHL reported in its November 4 game recap. Forward Cutter Gauthier scored his second straight hat trick, becoming the first player in Ducks history with back-to-back hat tricks.

How the game unfolded

Gauthier scored in the first and third periods and now has eight goals in his past three games, after going nine games without scoring. Beckett Sennecke had a career-high four assists, and Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists. Ducks goaltender Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves.

Vancouver rallied in the third period, with Jake DeBrusk scoring twice to pull the Canucks to 5-4, but they could not tie the game. Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves.

The power play and Vancouver's slide

Special teams decided the game: Anaheim went 3-for-3 on the power play and has scored 10 power-play goals on 12 chances over its past three games, while Vancouver gave up three power-play goals and a short-handed goal, entering the night with the NHL's second-worst penalty kill at 63.2%. The loss drops Vancouver to 3-13-1, with only one win in its past 14 games; Anaheim improved to 7-7-1, with points in four of its past five games.

Photo: file photo of Rogers Arena.