Gibson stops 42 shots as the Ducks beat the Kraken 5-2

SEATTLE -- John Gibson made a season-high 42 saves and Alex Killorn scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the second period as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Killorn, Cutter Gauthier and Trevor Zegras each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who had dropped eight straight against Seattle. They rebounded from a 3-2 loss to the Kraken at home Monday night.

Frank Vatrano and Brett Leason scored in the first period for Anaheim.

Seattle erased the 2-0 deficit on goals from Eeli Tolvanen at 16:34 of the first and Oliver Bjorkstrand at 8:58 of the second. Joey Daccord stopped 28 shots.

Killorn put the Ducks ahead for good with a wrist shot at 10:02 of the second after Mason McTavish got the puck along the boards and Zegras found an open Killorn.

Gauthier made it 4-2 with a power-play goal at 19:23, and Killorn assisted on Zegras' goal at 13:55 of the third.

Takeaways

Ducks: Gibson stopped a short-handed breakaway in the third period and improved to 4-0 this season.

Kraken: Seattle had trouble connecting on passes in the offensive zone.

Key moment

After the Kraken tied it 2-all, the Ducks won the ensuing faceoff and began dominating possession again until Killorn scored the go-ahead goal 64 seconds later.

Key stat

Anaheim finished with a 34-21 advantage in hits during a game that got chippy late.

Up next

Anaheim returns home for a Friday matinee against the Los Angeles Kings.

Seattle begins a home-and-home against the Sharks on Friday afternoon in San Jose.

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