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Ryan Getzlaf breaks tie with Teemu Selanne for Ducks’ points record

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ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 31: Ryan Getzlaf #15 waves to the crowd after an assist on a goal scored by Troy Terry #19 of the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of a game against the Montreal Canadiens making him the Anaheim Ducks all-time points leader at the Honda Center on October 31, 2021 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Getzlaf broke a tie with Teemu Selanne for Anaheim’s career points record, assisting on Troy Terry’s third-period goal in the Ducks’ 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

Getzlaf set up Terry’s power-play goal midway through the third with a tip pass near center ice to help the Ducks end a six-game winless streak.

The 36-year-old Getzlaf has 989 points in 1,111 games, all with the Ducks, on 279 goals and 710 assists. Selanne had 457 goals and 531 assists in 966 games with Anaheim.

Adam Henrique, Vinni Lettieri and Sam Carrick also had power-play goals for Anaheim, and John Gibson made 16 saves. The Ducks won for the first time since Oct. 18 at Calgary and for the first time at home since topping Winnipeg on opening night.

Mike Hoffman and Jake Evans scored for Montreal, and Sam Montembeault stopped 22 saves. Montreal lost for the second time in two nights in Southern California after falling 5-2 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

The Ducks opened the scoring at 3:39 of the first when Henrique took a pass from Sonny Milano from near the left corner and beat Montembeault under the right arm.

The Canadiens tied it 33 seconds later on their own power play, with Hoffman firing a shot from the top of the right circle over Gibson’s shoulder and off the underside of the crossbar.

The Ducks regained the lead with 7:13 left in the period on Lettieri’s first goal of the season. Anaheim had the man advantage after Cedric Paquette was given a major penalty for boarding Trevor Zegras.

The Canadiens tied it late in the second period. Evans won a scramble for the puck in front of the goal and pushed it under Gibson’s legs for his first of the season.

After Terry’s goal, Carrick added an empty-netter with 1:10 to play.

NOTES: Montreal forward Mathieu Perreault had a procedure for a detached retina in his right eye and will miss two-three weeks. … Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg was placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, while Rickard Rakell was placed on injured reserve because of an upper-body injury.