Perry leads way to third consecutive victory

The Ducks had their biggest offensive outburst of the season despite being widely outshot by the Montreal Canadiens.

Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 47 shots and the Ducks beat the Canadiens, 6-4, Saturday night for their third consecutive victory.

Ryan Getzlaf and Chris Kunitz each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks. Kent Huskins, Travis Moen and Teemu Selanne also scored for the Ducks, who have won four of five since an 0-4 start.

“Finally, we put some goals on the board and it’s a great feeling all around,” said Perry, who was credited with his second assist -- at Getzlaf’s expense -- in a scoring change after the game to the Ducks’ sixth goal.

Alex Tanguay had two goals, and Saku Koivu and Tom Kostopoulos also scored for the Canadiens, whose winning streak ended at five games despite out-shooting the Ducks, 51-25.

“When you do have 50 shots, you have to bury a lot more of those,” Tanguay said.

The Canadiens, who played their 2,900th NHL regular-season home game, failed to record a point for the first time in seven games (5-1-1).

“We did some good things, but the mental focus wasn’t there,” Koivu said. “We weren’t as sharp as we were used to being in the last couple of games here.”

Huskins and Getzlaf scored 2 minutes 51 seconds apart to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead early in the first period.

Montreal answered with three goals, beginning with Tanguay’s fourth this season, on a power play midway through the first period.

Koivu scored his fourth goal just as Todd Marchant’s tripping penalty expired with 3:37 left in the first period, and Kostopoulos put the Canadiens up, 3-2, with a goal 1:34 into the second period.

The Ducks rallied with three consecutive goals before the end of the second period.

“Even though they scored the two goals to tie the hockey game and then they went up 3-2, we didn’t really stray away from what we were trying to do,” Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle said.

“We were fortunate enough that our goaltender made enough stops at critical times and our power play delivered for us.”

Perry scored his first goal of the season on a power play at 2:40 to tie the score, 3-3, and Kunitz restored the Ducks’ lead with his first at 4:40, chasing Jaroslav Halak, who gave up four goals in 12 shots.

Montreal’s Andrei Markov played his 500th regular-season game, extending his assists and points streaks to seven games with an assist on Tanguay’s first goal.