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02/26 00:12 CST Joel Quenneville gets his 1,000th career win in Ducks' 6-5
comeback victory over Oilers
Joel Quenneville gets his 1,000th career win in Ducks' 6-5 comeback victory
over Oilers
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Joel Quenneville became the second coach in NHL
history to win 1,000 games with the Anaheim Ducks' 6-5 comeback victory over
the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.
Quenneville joined Scotty Bowman in an exclusive hockey club with a milestone
win in the Ducks' first game back from the Olympic break.
Cutter Gauthier scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:14 to play for the Ducks,
who erased a pair of two-goal deficits. Leo Carlsson had a goal and two assists
in his first appearance since Jan. 10 for the Ducks, who have won six straight
home games and 10 of 12 overall to leapfrog the Oilers into second place in the
Pacific Division.
Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard scored late in the second period to put the Oilers
ahead, but Carlsson and Olen Zellweger scored early in the third to even it
again for Anaheim.
Rookie Matt Savoie then converted a rebound late in a power play for his 10th
career goal, but Beckett Sennecke answered 46 seconds later with a slick wrist
shot for his 19th goal --- tops among NHL rookies.
Gauthier then converted a rebound of Carlsson's shot, setting off a wild
celebration inside a sold-out Honda Center.
Jack Roslovic and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. Connor McDavid had
two assists, giving the Olympic silver medalist an NHL-best 98 points in 59
games.
Ian Moore and Alex Killorn scored for the Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 22 saves.
Tristan Jarry made 20 saves before getting pulled for Connor Ingram after
Sennecke's tying goal with 13:21 to play.
Carlsson was outstanding in his return to the Ducks' lineup after missing the
final 11 games before the break with a thigh injury that kept him out of the
Olympics.
Mikael Granlund didn't play for Anaheim after captaining Finland to bronze in
Milan. None of the Oilers' Olympians sat out as they opened a three-game
California road trip.
Up next
Oilers: At Los Angeles on Thursday.
Ducks: Host Winnipeg on Friday.
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