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Ducks defeat Blue Jackets during shootout 2-1

Columbus has lost six of their last seven games.
Credit: AP
Anaheim Ducks forward Rickard Rakell, right, scores past Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins during the shootout in an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Trevor Zegras and Rickard Rakell scored in the shootout and the Anaheim Ducks rallied past the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 for their second straight win.

Isac Lundestrom scored for Anaheim and John Gibson stopped 33 shots for his fourth straight win against Columbus.

Alexandre Texier scored for the Blue Jackets and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 shots in the loss.

Columbus has lost six of seven.

Texier put Columbus on the board first, burying a cross-crease pass from Eric Robinson 8:02 into the first for his career-high ninth goal of the year.

Texier has 12 points in the past 16 games.

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