Ducks score four straight, take season series from Mammoth

Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists for the Anaheim Ducks, who came from behind to defeat the Utah Mammoth 4-1 on Friday night.

Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist, and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves for the Ducks (38-27-4, 80 points), who have won two of their last three games and five of their last nine. Anaheim also took two of three against Utah in the season series.

Dylan Guenther scored the lone goal for the Mammoth (36-28-6, 78 points), who defeated the Vegas Golden Knights on the road 4-0 on Thursday night. Vitek Vanecek made 19 saves.

Guenther gave the hosts the early 1-0 lead at 1:48 of the first period. Sean Durzi set up the goal with a cross-ice pass, and Guenther scored on a slap shot from down on one knee.

Poehling tied it 1-1 at 13:37 when he caught a breakaway on the penalty kill and scored on a wrist shot.

Utah outshot Anaheim 14-5 in the first period, with the Ducks not having their first shot on goal until 11:53.

The Ducks took a 2-1 lead at 9:09 of the second period on a snap shot by Killorn.

Cutter Gauthier scored into an empty net with 1:36 remaining in regulation to make the score 3-1. Poehling set Mikael Granlund up for a wrist shot into the empty net with 55 seconds left in the game to secure the 4-1 final.