Marco Rossi scored two goals and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild stretched their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy each scored a goal and recorded two assists, and Yakov Trenin also scored for the Wild, who improved to 17-1-0 in their last 18 games against the Ducks and 12-2-0 in their last 14 visits to Anaheim.
Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for his fifth career win over the Ducks (5-1-0).
Brock McGinn scored for Anaheim, which has lost three of its last four games (1-3-0).
John Gibson stopped 28 shots but dropped to 0-5-3 in his last eight starts against the Wild.
Rossi opened the scoring on a power play at 4:22 of the second period, redirecting a pass from Kaprizov past Gibson for his eighth goal of the season.
The Wild made it 2-0 when Rossi scored off the rebound of Boldy’s point shot at 8:03 of the second, giving him his ninth goal of the season.
Boldy completed a passing play with Kaprizov and Rossi for his 12th goal of the season at 10:51, putting Minnesota ahead 3-0.
Rossi has points in four straight games (three goals, three assists).
The Wild extended their lead to 4-0 at 1:21 of the third period when Kaprizov scored on the rebound of Boldy’s point shot for his team-leading 17th goal.
Kaprizov, who has three goals and three assists in two games against the Ducks this season, has points in five straight games (four goals, four assists).
Anaheim got on the scoreboard at 16:37 of the third when McGinn, recently activated from injured reserve, redirected a Cam Fowler shot past Gustavsson for his fourth goal of the season.
Trenin scored his first goal of the season with a short-handed empty-netter at 18:43 of the third.
Before the game, Ducks forward Trevor Zegras was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury he suffered in Wednesday’s loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
On Friday afternoon, Anaheim traded for defenseman Jacob Trouba from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2025.
