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01/23 23:41 CST Ducks beat Kraken 4-2 for 6th straight victory following 9-game losing streak Ducks beat Kraken 4-2 for 6th straight victory following 9-game losing streak SEATTLE (AP) --- Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 21 saves and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory following a nine-game losing streak. Ryan Poehling scored short-handed, Chris Kreider added a power-play goal and Pavel Mintyukov banked in a long empty-netter. The Ducks have three games left on a five-game trip they opened with a 2-1 shootout victory at NHL-leading Colorado on Wednesday night. Jared McCann and Jaden Schwartz scored for Seattle in the third game of a six-game homestand. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots, highlighted by a successful poke-check on Jansen Harkins' penalty shot midway through the second. Gauthier and Poehling gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead in the first period, with the Ducks outshooting the Kraken 13-2 in the opening 20 minutes. Gauthier scored at 1:02. He broke down the right side, cut inside and beat Grubauer with a wrist shot. Poehling connected with the Ducks a man down with 4:36 left. He raced down the left side and avoided Grubauer's poke-check. McCann got one back for Seattle at 1:55 of the second. Kreider countered on a power play 2:05 later, scoring off a rebound for his 16th of the season. Schwartz cut it to 3-2 at 1:54 of the third, getting behind the defense to tip in Shane Wright's feed.

Up next Ducks: Have an Alberta back-to-back, playing at Calgary on Sunday night and Edmonton on Monday night. Kraken: Host New Jersey on Sunday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl