Ducks get a victory and a playoff berth

They beat Canucks and are assured of a postseason presence when Kings lose.

VANCOUVER, Canada — Corey Perry and Patrick Eaves scored 74 seconds apart early in the first period, and the Ducks cruised past the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Tuesday night to extend their season-high winning streak to five games.

Nick Ritchie, with a goal and an assist, and Brandon Montour also scored for Anaheim, which clinched a playoff spot earlier in the night when the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Kings 2-1.

Jonathan Bernier made 33 saves and Antoine Vermette added two assists as the Pacific Division leaders improved to 9-1-1 over their last 11 games. Bernier is 9-0-1 over his last 10 starts, including eight wins in a row.

Highly touted rookie forward Brock Boeser scored in his home debut for Vancouver, and Ryan Miller stopped 35 shots in the loss.

The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention Thursday and are 27-2 over their last 11, including a 2-3-0 mark on their recent trip.

With captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf a late scratch because of a lowerbody injury, the Ducks opened the scoring 23 seconds in when Vermette stripped Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler behind the Vancouver net. Ritchie swept the puck in front to Perry, who beat Miller over the glove for his 16th of the season.

Eaves then scored his fifth goal in the last five games at 1:37 after taking a pass from Rickard Rakell and firing a shot past

Miller’s blocker for his 28th.

“We wanted to get off to a good start,” Eaves said. “They came into our building a little while ago, played well. We didn’t forget that.”

The Ducks thoroughly dominated the listless Canucks and got their third goal with 15.4 seconds left in the period. Anaheim controlled the puck in the offensive zone after an icing call before Ritchie tipped Josh Manson’s shot through traffic past a frustrated Miller for his 14th.

“We can play a lot better,” Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle said.

“We’re not playing the full parts of our game yet. We have spots we can clean up, the power play being one.”

Anaheim made it 4-0 at 3:44 of the second, moments after Miller stopped Jakob Silfverberg on a partial breakaway, when Montour’s point shot off a faceoff beat the Vancouver goalie through a screen for his second.

“I like that we're getting better every day,” Eaves said.