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Cutter Gauthier does it again with a second hat trick in a row for Anaheim
Cutter Gauthier became the first player in Ducks history with back-to-back hat tricks as Anaheim held off Vancouver 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Cutter Gauthier cannot stop scoring.
The Anaheim Ducks forward scored a hat trick for the second straight game Tuesday night. The Ducks held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4.
He is the first player in Ducks history with back-to-back three-goal games. He also scored three in a 6-3 comeback win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
Red hot
The 22-year-old American now has eight goals in his last three games. Before that he had gone nine straight games without a goal.
Two of his three goals Tuesday came on the power play. Anaheim went 3 for 3 with the man advantage.
The Ducks have scored 10 power-play goals on 12 chances over their last three games.
Help all over
Beckett Sennecke had four assists. Mikael Granlund added a goal and two assists. Leo Carlsson scored short-handed.
Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves for Anaheim.
Vancouver pushes
Jake DeBrusk scored twice for the Canucks. His second goal, a blast from the point with just over 10 minutes left, cut the lead to 5-4.
Liam Ohgren and Linus Karlsson also scored. Elias Pettersson had two assists and Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves.
The Ducks visit the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. The Canucks play at Winnipeg the same night.
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