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12/15 20:42 CST Gauthier scores twice as the Ducks beat the Rangers 4-1 to snap
their two-game losing streak
Gauthier scores twice as the Ducks beat the Rangers 4-1 to snap their two-game
losing streak
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Cutter Gauthier scored the go-ahead goal six minutes into the
third period and got his second on an empty-netter, Lukas Dostal stopped 26 of
the 27 shots he faced, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on
Monday night to end a two-game losing streak.
Gauthier's first goal with one second left on a power play came off a perfectly
placed pass from rookie Beckett Sennecke. Igor Shesterkin barely had a chance
to react.
Defenseman Jackson LaCombe scored Anaheim's first goal shorthanded in the
second period, putting home a rebound after Jacob Trouba sprung Ryan Poehling
up the ice late in the Rangers' 5-on-3 power play. Dostal was brilliant at the
other end of the rink, at one point making a toe save on J.T. Miller and
sliding over to deny Vladislav Gavrikov immediately after.
The Ducks got a goal in the final seconds from Pavel Mintyukov and celebrated
with Trouba and veteran forward Chris Kreider, who returned to play at Madison
Square Garden for the first time since the Rangers sent them to southern
California in separate trades. Kreider and Trouba each waved to the crowd after
tribute videos during timeouts in the first while fans applauded.
Matthew Robertson scored the only goal for the Rangers, who have lost 12 of 16
games at home. The shot from Robinson deflected off Frank Vatrano's stick and
popped into the air before going in off Dostal's.
New York was without center Mika Zibanejad, whom coach Mike Sullivan scratched
for breaking a team rule by missing a meeting. Big winger Matt Rempe took
Zibanejad's spot in the lineup, back after he missed 24 games since getting
injured in a fight Oct. 23.
Up next
Ducks: Wrap up their five-game Eastern Conference road trip Tuesday night at
the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Rangers: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
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