National Hockey League
Anaheim 3, Minnesota 1
When: 10:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Ryan Gibbons
Attendance: 15962

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Center Rickard Rakell scored his career-best 10th goal with 6:19 to play to give the Anaheim Ducks a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night in front of 15,962 at the Honda Center.

Right wingers Chris Stewart and Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks (20-18-7), who earned their fourth victory in six games and finished their longest homestand of the season 5-3. Goalie John Gibson stopped 25 shots in stopping a personal two-game losing streak.

Center Jarret Stoll scored for the Wild (22-16-8), which are one defeat from matching the longest losing streak in team history: six games.

Rakell, playing with new linemates, broke a 1-1 tie by scoring off a 3-on-2 rush at 13:41 of the third period.

Right winger Corey Perry passed from the edge of the right circle to left winger Patrick Maroon at the left circle. Maroon found Rakell at the right post, and Rakell redirected Maroon's pass behind goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Silfverberg converted into an empty net from the left boards along center ice with 49 seconds to play.

Minnesota broke a scoreless streak of 127 minutes, 48 seconds by taking a 1-0 lead 6:48 into the game. Right winger Erik Haula secured a loose puck after Rakell slipped while pivoting at the right boards in his team's zone. Haula then sent a drop pass to Stoll, who converted a low wrist shot from the slot inside the left post.

Stoll, claimed off waivers Dec. 15 from the New York Rangers, scored his first goal with the Wild and his second overall.

Nearly four minutes later, Anaheim tied the score. Stewart recorded his seventh goal by deflecting defenseman Shea Theodore's wrist shot from the blue line into the upper-right corner of the net at 10:46 of the first period.

Dubnyk finished with 24 saves.

NOTES: Minnesota scratched D Tyson Strachan and G Niklas Backstrom. Strachan was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Tuesday to replace C Ryan Carter, who went on injured reserve with a hand injury. ... Wild C Mikael Granlund scored just one goal in 26 games since Nov. 21 and that was into an empty net. ... Minnesota's power play failed to score in 21 attempts during the previous 10 games. ... Anaheim scratched D Adam Clendening and C Mike Santorelli. ... Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said after Wednesday's morning skate that D Cam Fowler would rejoin the team on its upcoming road trip and might practice. Fowler has been out since Dec. 27 when he sprained his right knee against the Philadelphia Flyers. ... Ducks D Hampus Lindholm played his 200th NHL game on his 22nd birthday. ... Anaheim returned G Anton Khudobin to San Diego of the AHL. ... Ducks RW Andrew Cogliano played in his 667th consecutive game. He needs 13 to pass Vancouver C Henrik Sedin and move into sixth place. Doug Jarvis holds the record with 964 successive games from 1975 to 1987.
Top Game Performances
 
Minnesota   Anaheim
Jarret Stoll 1 Points Rickard Rakell 1
Jarret Stoll 1 Goals Rickard Rakell 1
Erik Haula 1 Assists Andrew Cogliano 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Devan Dubnyk .923 Save Percentage John Gibson .962
Devan Dubnyk 24 Saves John Gibson 25
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Minnesota 26 1 0-3 1-1 2 30
Anaheim 27 3 0-1 3-3 6 26
Upcoming Games
  • Anaheim will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Ducks have a W/L % of .350 after a win and .520 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Wild have a W/L % of .522 after a win and .435 after a loss.