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Hughes has 3 assists to reach 300 in NHL, Canucks beat Ducks
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Hughes has 3 assists to reach 300 in NHL, Canucks beat Ducks

Brock Boeser, Kiefer Sherwood and Danton Heinen each had a goal and an assist, and Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves for the Canucks (6-2-3), who have won six of eight (6-1-1).

Olen Zellweger scored and Lukas Dostal made 31 saves for the Ducks (4-6-2), who have lost three in a row (0-2-1).

Zellweger scored a power play goal from the left point on a wrist shot in traffic to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 5:35 of the first period.

The Canucks scored on their second power play of the first period when Boeser redirected a Hughes shot into the net to tie it 1-1 at 16:22.

Vancouver took the lead 58 seconds later when Sherwood scored on a central pass from Erik Brannstrom to make it 2-1 at 17:20.

Elias Pettersson fired a Hughes slap shot to make it 3-1 at 2:18 of the second period.

Jake DeBrusk scored with a slap shot to make it 4-1 at 12:08 of the third. Hughes collected his 300th NHL assist on the play.

Heinen scored from close range with 1:42 left for the final 5-1.