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Derek Grant also scored a goal as the Ducks won at home for the
first time since Jan. 21 after playing eight of the previous
nine games on the road. Anthony Stolarz made 40 saves in a rare
start in place of John Gibson.
Trevor Zegras scored in the shootout for Anaheim before Rakell's
close-range shot into the roof of the goal in the third round
ended the game.
Logan Couture scored two goals and Brent Burns added a goal and
two assists for the Sharks, who lost their seventh consecutive
game (0-3-4). Timo Meier had two assists and James Reimer
stopped 26 shots for San Jose.
Couture and Tomas Hertl had their shootout attempts stopped by
Stolarz.
Grant gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead 3:38 into the game when finished
a two-man break with Sam Carrick just ahead of the Sharks'
defense to score his eighth of the season.
The Sharks owned the remainder of the opening period. Couture
tallied his first of the game at 7:10, with Burns making it 2-1
when he scored his fifth of the season 10 minutes later.
Rakell took charge for the Ducks in the second period. He
continued his recent hot run with the game-tying goal at 7:00.
Couture scored his second of the game and 17th of the season on
the power play for a 3-2 San Jose lead at 13:44.
At 16:09 of the middle period, Rakell tied it one more time at
3-all. After Adam Henrique won a faceoff in the Sharks' zone,
Rakell slid to the right circle and fired his 14th of the season
past Reimer.
Rakell, who recorded his second two-goal game of the season, has
six goals and seven points over his past seven games.
It was the first game of the season between the California
rivals with three more set to take place by April 26.
--Field Level Media
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