Ducks win 10th straight

The Anaheim Ducks made it 10 straight Thursday with a 5-1 rout of the Arizona Coyotes in Glendale.

The win streak ties a franchise record.

The win also helped the Ducks keep pace with the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings.

Corey Perry scored his 18th in win over Coyotes – file photo by Lewis Bleiman

Anaheim and LA meet Saturday.

Jamie McGinn and Rickard Rakell scored on the first two Ducks shots in the game and Corey Perry scored his 28th of the season.

“From the beginning of the year we knew we had this in ourselves,” defenseman Josh Manson said. “It was just a matter of time before we found our way. You never expect to go on a streak like this, but if we keep playing good hockey and not thinking about, it we can keep building.”

Manson was one three Ducks to score on the power play in the game.

“I’m proud of the group from where we’ve come to where we are now,” said center Ryan Kesler, who assisted on goals by Manson and defenseman Cam Fowler in the second period. “We all believed in this room and we stuck together.

“We could have easily folded up the season and said we’ll get them next year. But we didn’t. We came back from a deep hole, hovered around .500 for a while and finally broke through.”

Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for the win; the Ducks are 11-0-1 in their last 12 games.

“We were not getting scored on a lot, but we couldn’t score a goal whether we wanted to or not,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. “We had to learn how to say ‘We might have to win every game 1-0,’ and once we started enjoying that and think that was pretty good, we started scoring.

“Our power play [during the winning streak] has been ridiculous, and it makes scoring a little easier.”

Anthony Duclair was the lone goal scorer for the Coyotes.

Arizona started rookie Niklas Treutle in net who yielded the five goals on 16 shots.

“I’ll take the responsibility,” Arizona coach Dave Tippett. “We put a young player in a position he’s not ready for. We had no choice. Louis has played 11 straight [games] and he looked tired on the road. That’s where we are. We have to get Louis a break.”

Playing in his first NHL game, Treutle appeared nervous and he missed both of the first two shots on goal.

“Definitely, it didn’t start the way I wanted it to start,” Treutle said.