ANAHEIM — The Ducks spotted the Vancouver Canucks two goals on Wednesday night and never fully recovered to take a lead, falling 5-4 at Honda Center.

Jackson LaCombe contributed a goal and two assists, Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist and Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish also scored for the Ducks. Petr Mrázek got the nod in net, making 23 of 27 saves with top goalie Lukáš Dostál unavailable (shoulder, day-to-day).

Linus Karlsson, Evander Kane, Conor Garland and Max Sasson each scored for Vancouver before Drew O’Connor tacked on an empty-netter, with Sasson chipping in an assist. Tom Wallinder and Filip Hronek had two assists apiece. Nikita Tolopilo stopped 37 shots in his first NHL appearance of the season.

Gauthier scored off a redirection of a LaCombe pass 6.3 seconds before th

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