Ducks rally for win against Penguins
Bruins points streak continues in victory vs. visiting Canadiens
Rickard Rakell and Adam Henrique scored 1:35 apart to give Anaheim the lead during its four-goal second period, and the host Ducks went on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 Wednesday night.
Chris Wagner and Ondrej Kase also scored for Anaheim in the middle period, and Hampus Lindholm added an empty-netter in the final second of the game. John Gibson stopped 30 shots to help the Ducks improve to 7-3-1 in their past 11 games.
Anaheim scored four goals in a period for first time since doing it in the third period at Buffalo last Feb. 9.
Jake Guentzel, Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, who snapped a four-game win streak. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
With the Ducks trailing 1-0, Rakell tied it on a redirect of a shot by Francois Beauchemin at 4:17 of the second. Henrique then put them ahead at 5:42, beating Jarry with a wraparound while the rookie was caught flatfooted at the opposite post trying to get his stick back.
Wagner scored on a short-handed breakaway to make it 3-1 at 9:24, notching the third special-teams goal of his career, all of which have come this season.
Kase’s smooth breakaway backhand with 1:32 left in the period capped off the scoring deluge. Kase, who also had an assist, has five points in his past three games.
• Penguins goalie Matt Murray left the team for its three-game California road trip following the death of his father on Tuesday. The Penguins play in San Jose on Saturday against the Sharks.
BRUINS 4, CANADIENS 1 >> David Pastrnak and Ryan Spooner each scored an early goal, Tuukka Rask stopped 21 shots and the host Bruins beat Montreal in Canadiens coach Claude Julien’s return to Boston. The surging Bruins have earned at least a point in 14 straight games (10-0-4), their longest stretch since going 15-0-1 in March 2014..
• Willie O’Ree, 82, was honored in a ceremonial puck drop before the game, commemorating the 60th anniversary that he became the first black player to play in an NHL game. He was with Boston and played at Montreal.
• Rene Rancourt, the tuxedoed troubadour who has sung the national anthem before Bruins games for more than 40 years, announced that he will retire at the end of the season.