Canucks edge Ducks to halt 3-game skid

Drew O'Connor scored the eventual game-winner as the visiting Vancouver Canucks edged the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 on Wednesday night.

Max Sasson added a goal and an assist, and Linus Karlsson, Evander Kane and Conor Garland also found the back of the net as the Canucks snapped a three-game losing streak and won in regulation for just the third time in 18 games.

Tom Willander and Filip Hronek each chipped in a pair of helpers for the Canucks, who improved to 7-5-1 on the road this season.

Nikita Tolopilo, making his second career start, made 37 saves.

Jackson Lacombe had a goal and two assists while Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who dropped to 8-3-0 on home ice this season.

Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish also scored for Anaheim, while Petr Mrazek stopped 23 shots.

Sasson scored the go-ahead goal at 15:58 of the third period, deflecting Hronek's point shot off Drew Helleson and past Mrazek.

O'Connor added the eventual game-winner, scoring into an empty net with 1:52 remaining.

Gauthier pulled the Ducks to 5-4 with seven seconds remaining, re-directing a Lacombe shot past Tolopilo.

The Ducks got on the board nine seconds into the middle frame on a power play as Lacombe put a wrist shot past the glove of Tolopilo.

Garland restored the Canucks' two-goal lead at 9:04 of the second period, toe-dragging around Helleson before beating Mrazek with a backhander.

Anaheim scored twice in a span of 2:15 to tie it 3-3 heading into the third.

Carlsson pulled the Ducks to within one, putting a backhand shot into a wide-open net.

Anaheim tied it 3-3 as McTavish finished off a 2-on-1 feed with Beckett Senneke.

Despite being outshot 13-5 in the opening 20 minutes, Vancouver led 2-0.

The Canucks opened the scoring at 9:49 of the first period, as Karlsson beat an out-of-position Mrazek.

Kane doubled the lead at 11:47 on a power play, snapping a shot glove side past Mrazek.

On Wednesday, the Ducks announced goaltender Lukas Dostal is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. In a corresponding move, the club recalled Ville Husso from the AHL.