Lawson Crouse and Dylan Guenther scored goals in the opening 11 minutes and the Utah Mammoth ended a four-game losing streak with a dominating 7-0 road victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.
JJ Peterka had two goals with two assists for the Mammoth. Clayton Keller contributed a goal and two assists, while Guenther and Ian Cole each had a goal and an assist. Liam O’Brien also scored, and Jack McBain and Nick Schmaltz had two assists apiece.
Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves for Utah, which is 1-3-0 on a six-game road trip. Vejmelka earned his first shutout of the season and the seventh of his career.
Ducks goaltender Ville Husso allowed four goals on 21 shots in two periods. Vyacheslav Buteyets turned aside 10 of 13 shots in the third period while making his NHL debut. Anaheim goalies Lukas Dostal and Petr Mrazek are out due to injuries.
The Ducks have alternated wins and losses for the past eight games.
Crouse scored 5:59 into the game on a backhand from his knees off a pass by Michael Carcone from behind the goal. Guenther made it 2-0 at 10:30 of the opening period when he moved in from center ice and scored between Husso’s legs.
Cole tallied at 5:43 of the second period for a 3-0 lead on a blast from the left circle.
An apparent goal from Anaheim’s Mason McTavish in the second period was taken away on replay when the Ducks were ruled to be offside.
The Mammoth opened the advantage to 4-0 at 14:34 of the middle period when Peterka scored from a sharp angle off a cross-ice pass from Nick Schmaltz.
O’Brien made it 5-0 in the third period on a deflection off the skate of Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson. Peterka scored again, on a power play, and Keller added a goal in the final 10 minutes.
Vejmelka, who was removed in the first period of a loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday after allowing three goals in 13 minutes, kept one of the NHL’s highest-scoring teams in check. The Ducks entered the day second in the league with an average of 3.62 goals per game.
–Field Level Media
