Hiller, Selanne dominate in victory
DUCKS 5 EDMONTON 0
edmonton, canada — Jonas Hiller stopped 33 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Teemu Selanne scored twice as the Ducks beat the struggling Edmonton Oilers, 5-0, on Friday night.
Jason Blake, Bobby Ryan and Corey Perry also scored, and Ryan Getzlaf had four assists to help the Ducks win for the fourth time in five games.
The Oilers have lost five straight and 12 of their last 14. Nikolai Khabibulin gave up three goals on 14 shots and was replaced midway through the second period by Devan Dubnyk, who gave up two goals on the 14 shots he faced.
The Ducks started the scoring eight minutes into the first period as Cam Fowler fed the puck to Blake in the slot, and he sent it past Khabibulin for his first goal of the season.
The Ducks made it 2-0 early in the second period on a-power-play goal as Selanne swung behind the net and backhanded the puck in front, getting some luck as it hit Khabibulin and bounced behind him. It was Selanne’s 15th goal of the season.
It appeared the Oilers had quickly responded as Anton Lander lifted a puck over Hiller. However, the goal was called off because of an early whistle on the play.
The Ducks took a 3-0 lead midway through the second period on another soft goal as Getzlaf made a nice pass to set up Ryan, whose shot from the side of the net somehow got past Khabibulin.
Khabibulin was then replaced by Dubnyk with 9:06 left in the second. Less than three minutes later, Dubnyk stopped Perry on a breakaway but bobbled the shot, allowing the Ducks winger to put away his own rebound.
Selanne closed the scoring on a power play with 2:42 left.