Cutter Gauthier scored a pair of goals on his 22nd birthday as the Anaheim Ducks extended their winning streak to four games by rallying for a 5-3 victory over the visiting New York Rangers on Monday.

Jeffrey Viel, Alex Killorn and Mason McTavish also scored goals for the Ducks, who have rebounded from a nine-game losing streak (0-8-1) with their second-longest winning streak of the season. Lukas Dostal made 19 saves.

Artemi Panarin logged a goal and an assist and Matthew Robertson and Vladislav Gavrikov also scored for the Rangers, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games (1-5-1) and fell to 2-7-2 since Dec. 27. Spencer Martin stopped 21 shots for New York.

The Rangers had the upper hand early when Robertson scored four minutes into the game on a blast from the slot and through the legs of Dostal. The Ducks got even at 11:31 of the first period on the second goal in two games from McTavish.

New York regained its lead at 4:03 of the second period when Panarin extended his points streak to 10 games with a power-play goal from just inside the right circle.

The Ducks pulled even at 2-2 at 8:29 of the middle period when Viel scored his first of the season in his second game for Anaheim. Viel was acquired in a trade with the Boston Bruins on Friday.

Killorn put the Ducks in front for the first time 3-2 at 18:02 of the second period on a power-play goal while appearing in his 999th career game.

Gauthier gave the Ducks a 4-2 lead 1:01 into the third period. Gavrikov got the goal back on the power play for the Rangers to pull within a score at 7:11 of the third period off assists from Panarin, who has a team-best 56 points, and Vincent Trocheck. Gauthier delivered his Ducks-leading 22nd of the season into an empty net.

New York was unable to score on a two-man advantage for 21 seconds with just over four minutes remaining and a power play that expired with just over two minutes left.

–Field Level Media