{"id":518752,"date":"2026-11-04T21:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518752\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:52:57","slug":"cutter-gauthier-has-hat-trick-anaheim-ducks-hold-off-vancouver-canucks-for-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518752\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutter Gauthier has hat trick, Anaheim Ducks hold off Vancouver Canucks for win"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER \u2014 Cutter Gauthier<\/a> scored a hat trick for the second game in a row and the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> held on for a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mikael Granlund<\/a> added a goal and two assists for the Ducks (7-7-1), while Leo Carlsson<\/a> put away a short-handed tally and Beckett Sennecke<\/a> contributed four helpers. <\/p>\n

Laurent Brossoit<\/a> stopped 19 of the 23 shots he faced in the Anaheim net. <\/p>\n

The Ducks came into the game with the league\u2019s second-best power play (34 per cent) behind only the Utah Mammoth<\/a> (34.6 per cent) and went 3-for-3 with the man advantage.<\/p>\n

The Canucks (3-13-1) got two goals from Jake DeBrusk<\/a>, and one each from Liam Ohgren<\/a> and Linus Karlsson<\/a>. Star centre Elias Pettersson<\/a> notched a pair of assists. <\/p>\n

Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen<\/a> made 17 saves in his first start since Oct. 22. <\/p>\n

The Canucks pushed to tie the game in the third period, rallying from a 5-2 deficit similar to the one they faced when they beat the Ducks 6-5 in overtime on Oct. 27. <\/p>\n

This time, though, Vancouver couldn\u2019t complete the comeback. <\/p>\n

Granlund opened the scoring on Tuesday with a power-play tally just over four minutes into the first period, sending a shot through Lankinen\u2019s pads from the middle of the slot on Anaheim\u2019s first shot of the game. <\/p>\n

Vancouver replied on a man advantage two minutes later. Marco Rossi<\/a> fed Ohgren a pass just above the crease and the Swedish winger hammered a shot in to level the score at 1-1. <\/p>\n

The Ducks took a 2-1 lead into the intermission when Gauthier fired a shot in on his team\u2019s second power play of the night at the 17:07 mark of the first.<\/p>\n

Anaheim\u2019s penalty kill got to work early in the second with Carlsson getting loose for a short-handed 2-on-1. He ripped a shot in past Lankinen for his fifth goal of the season, giving the visitors a 3-1 lead. <\/p>\n

Karlsson brought the Canucks back within a goal just over eight minutes into the middle frame, taking a puck from Drew O\u2019Connor, pulling it across his body and firing a sharp-angle in over Brossoit. <\/p>\n

Anaheim\u2019s power play got back to work before the end of the period and Gauthier buried his second of the night to give the Ducks a 4-2 lead. He now leads league in power-play goals with eight. <\/p>\n

Gauthier added another goal \u2014 this time at even strength \u2014 at the 4:11 mark of the third period to complete his hat trick. <\/p>\n

He also scored three in Anaheim\u2019s 6-3 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators<\/a> on Sunday, and is the first player in Ducks history to register back-to-back three-goal games.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old American has eight goals in his last three games after going the previous nine without finding the back of the net. <\/p>\n

Gauthier was in the penalty box midway through the third when DeBrusk scored his fourth of the season to put the score at 5-3. <\/p>\n

DeBrusk breathed new life into Rogers arena with just over 10 minutes left on the game clock, blasting a point shot in to cut Vancouver\u2019s deficit to a single goal. <\/p>\n

The Canucks pulled Lankinen with a minute and 43 seconds left in the third but couldn\u2019t get another puck past Brossoit to knot the score. <\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Canucks: Defenceman Tom Willander<\/a> was a late scratch after picking up a lower-body injury in the morning skate. Guillaume Brisebois<\/a> slotted into Vancouver\u2019s lineup and Zeev Buium<\/a> moved over to the right-hand side in relief. <\/p>\n

Ducks: Left-winger Nico Myatovic<\/a> got his NHL debut with friends and family in the stands. The 21-year-old forward from Prince George, B.C., was called up from the American Hockey League\u2019s San Diego Gulls on Monday and logged 10:34 in ice time over his first outing with the Ducks. <\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Ohgren snuck up behind Jackson LaCombe<\/a> in Anaheim territory late in the first period, picked the puck off his stick and put it in past Brossoit. The on-ice official immediately disallowed the goal and sent Ohgren to the box for holding, and Gauthier scored eight seconds into the ensuing power play. <\/p>\n

KEY STAT\u2028<\/p>\n

Anaheim has 10 power-play goals on 12 chances over its last three games.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Ducks: Visit the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Canucks: Visit the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

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