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Cutter Gauthier scored a late tie-breaking goal to extend his scoring streak to five games, powering the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night. The win marked Anaheim’s fourth consecutive victory.
Ducks Make History in Win Over Flames
Gauthier converted a feed from Mikael Granlund with just 1:34 remaining in the third period to put Anaheim ahead. The forward has now tallied 10 of his 12 goals this season over his five-game scoring run. With the performance, the Ducks became the first NHL team since the 1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins to notch at least five goals in seven straight contests.
Jeff Malott, Tristan Luneau, Leo Carlsson, and Nikita Nesterenko—who sealed the game with an empty-net goal—also netted for Anaheim. Granlund and Beckett Sennecke provided two assists apiece.
Calgary received goals from William Stromgren, Joel Hanley, and Joel Farabee, while Morgan Frost and Zayne Parekh each registered a pair of assists. The loss snapped the Flames’ five-game home winning streak.
Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal was pulled during the first period after surrendering three goals on 11 shots. Reliever Ville Husso stopped all 10 shots he faced to earn the win, while Calgary’s Dustin Wolf turned away 24 shots.
Norris Leads Sabres Past Blue Jackets
In Buffalo, Josh Norris scored twice to end a six-game goal drought, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Defenseman Owen Power chipped in with three assists as Buffalo secured its fourth victory in five games.
Jack Quinn opened the scoring for Buffalo, while Rasmus Dahlin and Josh Doan also found the back of the net. Sabres netminder Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned aside 24 shots.
Kent Johnson and Zach Werenski scored for Columbus, which dropped its third consecutive road contest. Blue Jackets goaltender Jet Greaves finished with 32 saves.
Kaprizov Propels Wild Over Sharks
In St. Paul, Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov recorded his league-leading 16th goal alongside three assists to steer the Wild to a 4-1 triumph over the San Jose Sharks. Quinn Hughes contributed a goal and two assists, while Maxim Shabanov and Zach Bogosian added goals for Minnesota.
The Wild improved to 6-0-1 over their past seven games, accumulating a Western Conference-best 27 points. Goaltender Jesper Wallstedt made 23 saves to collect his 11th victory of the season.
Macklin Celebrini scored the lone goal for San Jose, and netminder Yaroslav Askarov made 25 saves as the Sharks fell to 1-6-0 in their last seven outings.
