Vatanen, Getzlaf each have goal, assist to lead Ducks past Oilers 4-2 for 6th straight win

EDMONTON, Alberta — Sami Vatanen and Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Anaheim Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 Friday night for their sixth straight win.

Kyle Palmieri and Nate Thompson also scored as the Ducks won for the ninth time in 11 games.

Tyler Pitlick and Jeff Petry scored for the Oilers, who have lost three in a row and 14 of their last 15. Edmonton also dropped to 1-15-4 against Western Conference opponents this season.

Anaheim started the scoring 5 minutes into the game as Vatanen skated in from the point on the power play and sent a wrist shot cleanly past Oilers goalie Viktor Fasth for his eighth goal of the season.

The Ducks came close to taking a two-goal lead 10 minutes later as Andrew Cogliano had Fasth beat, but his shot rang off the post.

Anaheim had 10 first-period shots, while the Oilers could only muster three on Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen.

The Ducks made it 3-0 with two goals just 44 seconds apart to start the second period.

Ben Scrivens came in to replace a visibly upset Fasth, who allowed three goals on 12 shots. Fasth threw his mask and then appeared to be yelling at his teammates when he got to the bench.

The Oilers finally got on the board with just under 5 minutes to play in the second as Pitlick gained the zone and beat Andersen with a stick-side shot from near the face-off dot for his first goal of the season.

Getzlaf looked to have scored his second of the night 5 minutes into the third, but the puck stayed on the goal line until Scrivens was able to swat it to safety.

Edmonton pulled to 3-2 with a rare power-play goal with 7:20 remaining in the third period as Petry's point shot deflected off the stick of defender Devante Smith-Pelly and past Andersen.

The Ducks, however, were able to seal the victory with a late empty-net goal from Thompson.