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Kesler scores twice, Ducks beat Flames at home again
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 08 - 11 - 2016

Ryan Kesler scored two power-play goals, Jonathan Bernier had 25 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Sunday night.
Anaheim has 24 consecutive victories at home against Calgary, breaking the Philadelphia Flyers' mark of 23 straight against the Pittsburgh Penguins from Feb. 1980 through Jan. 1987. Andrew Cogliano and Clayton Stoner also scored for the Ducks.
Alex Chiasson had a goal for the Flames, who have not won at Honda Center since Jan. 19, 2004. Chad Johnson made 17 saves.
After Stoner and Chiasson scored in the first period, Kesler put the Ducks ahead 2-1 early in the second with his third power-play goal of the season.
Kesler and Corey Perry were creating traffic in front of Johnson when Ryan Getzlaf passed in to Perry. The puck slid to Kesler at the top of the crease, and he lifted it in from there.
Kesler got his other goal with 6:31 left in the third in similar fashion. Getzlaf shot into a screen set by Perry, and the puck again found Kesler atop the crease for a quick putback score.
In between Kesler's goals, Cogliano followed up his own miss on a 2-on-1 break to extend the Ducks' lead to 3-1 7:54 into the second.
Getzlaf and LW Nick Ritchie returned to action after missing two games with upper-body injuries. ... Hunter Shinkaruk made his season debut for the Flames after C Lance Bouma suffered an upper-body injury against the Kings.
Getzlaf now has 531 career assists, tying Teemu Selanne for the franchise record.
Oilers 2, Red Wings 1: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' power-play goal late in the second period broke a tie, and Edmonton defeated Detroit. It was the Oilers' second win in less than 24 hours and the Red Wings' fifth straight loss.
Tyler Pitlick also scored for Edmonton, which beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night on the road. Jonas Gustavsson, a former Red Wing, stopped 21 shots. Justin Abdelkader scored for Detroit Jimmy Howard made 26 saves.
Blues 5, Avalanche 1: Robby Fabbri and Jori Lehtera each scored their first goals of the season early in the first period to send St. Louis over Colorado.
Kevin Shattenkirk assisted on three of the Blues goals as they chased Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov after the second period with their five goals on 25 shots Jaden Schwartz, Scottie Upshall and David Perron also scored for the Blues while Matt Duchene scored for the Avalanche.
Devils 4, Hurricanes 1: Michael Cammalleri produced a hat trick and New Jersey won for the first time in six road games, defeating Carolina at PNC Arena. Beau Bennett assisted on two of Cammalleri's goals and Andy Greene added an empty-net goal for the Devils with 28 seconds to play.
The Hurricanes avoided a shutout when Andrej Nestrasil scored his first goal of the season.
Rangers 5, Jets 2: New York continued to be an offensive juggernaut this season as it reached the five-goal mark for a fifth-straight game in a victory against Winnipeg at Madison Square Garden.
Kevin Hayes, J.T. Miller, Pavel Buchnevich, Mats Zuccarello and Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers.
Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 shots to earn the win. Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine scored for the Jets.
Starting goaltender Connor Hellebuyck allowed 12 goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Michael Hutchinson late in the second period. Hutchinson made one save, as the Rangers didn't put on a shot on net in the third period.
Blackhawks 4, Stars 3 (OT): Marian Hossa scored with 28.7 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Chicago to a win over Dallas.
Jonathan Toews scored a goal and had two assists for the Blackhawks. Patrick Kane and Artem Anisimov also scored as Chicago, which its sixth consecutive game.
Gemel Smith scored the first two goals of his NHL career for the Stars and Tyler Seguin added a goal. — Agencies


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