The injury riddled Vancouver Canucks were no match for a struggling Anaheim Ducks team that had their core players bump offensive slumps on Friday night. Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan all did their parts to help the Ducks to a 7 - 2 thrashing of the Canucks.
Steve Bernier opened the scoring early in the first on a deflection and Mason Raymond added a goal on the Power Play to double the Canucks lead. The Ducks got a big goal late in the first from Corey Perry and evened things up early in the second as George Parros took advantage of a bad Canuck turnover and slid one through Andrew Raycroft.
Once the game was tied at 2, the Ducks took over. They attacked in waves and the crippled Canucks had trouble generating many chances and were hemmed in their own end for most of the second and third period. Corey Perry scored again and gave the Ducks their first lead of the game late in the second period and his linemate Bobby Ryan owned the third period as he beat Corey Schneider, who came in to relieve Andrew Raycroft, twice in the third period. Joffrey Lupul added the final goal of the night to add to the 7 - 2 rout.
Kevin Bieksa and Alexander Edler were the two Canucks who struggled the most, Bieksa was fighting the puck for most of the night and was caught out of position, turning the puck over, and made some poor decisions. Alex Edler was again slow to move the puck out of his own zone and had trouble handling the Anaheim forecheck.
The Canucks faceoff against the red hot Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night back home at GM Place.
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