With Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson out, the Ducks lose to the Wild

With Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson out, the Ducks lose to the Wild

Marco Rossi scored two goals and an assist, Kirill Kaprizov added a goal and two assists and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Ducks 5-1 on Friday night to secure their fifth straight win of the season.

Matt Boldy also had a goal and two assists, Yakov Trenin scored into an empty net and Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for the Wild.

Brock McGinn scored one goal and John Gibson made 28 saves for the undermanned Ducks, who were without forwards Trevor Zegras (lower body) and Leo Carlsson (upper body).

Rossi scored the first goal on a power play when he fired from near the right post at 4:22 of the second period. Less than four minutes later, he added his second goal of the game and his ninth goal of the season, making it 2-0.

Boldy scored less than three minutes later after a pass from Rossi.

Kaprizov pounced on a loose puck in front of the Ducks’ goal early in the third period and scored his 17th goal for the team, taking a 4-0 lead. McGinn scored for the Ducks with less than three minutes left to spoil the shutout.

On the day Anaheim signed defenseman Jacob Trouba in a trade with the New York Rangers, defenseman Cam Fowler tied Corey Perry for the second-most games played in franchise history with 988.

The Wild visit the Kings on Saturday and the Ducks visit Montreal on Monday to open a four-game trip.

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