2 Canucks score first NHL goals in win

Injury fill-ins Mason Raymond and Jason Jaffray assisted on each other's first NHL goals and the Vancouver Canucks — without forward Brendan Morrison — beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Morrison's 542-game playing streak, the longest current run in the NHL, ended when the center was forced out of the lineup by a wrist injury that will require surgery. The streak that began on Feb. 27, 2000 is the 11th-longest in league history.

The 32-year-old center, who played the first eight games of his streak with the New Jersey Devils before getting traded to Vancouver, jammed his wrist on Sept. 26 when he was checked into the boards during a preseason game against San Jose. He kept playing through the pain until the team sent him back to Vancouver on Tuesday to get his wrist evaluated.

Brad Isbister also sat out because of a groin injury sustained during Monday's 4-2 loss at Los Angeles. The Canucks were also missing goalie Roberto Luongo, who sat out his second straight game because of a rib injury sustained Nov. 2 at Minnesota.

Jaffray, making his NHL debut, chipped the puck past defenseman Francois Beauchemin in the neutral zone and threw a cross-ice pass to Raymond, who snapped a one-timer past Jean-Sebastien Giguere at 17:35 of the first period.

Daniel Sedin made it 2-0 just 65 seconds later, beating Giguere after stealing the puck from Chris Kunitz in the slot.

Jaffray gave Vancouver a three-goal cushion at 4:54 of the second period, sending a short wrist shot past Giguere's right skate after his first shot was stopped.

Curtis Sanford started in Luongo's place and stopped 34 shots, including a breakaway by Todd Marchant with about 10 1/2 minutes left in the second period and Vancouver leading 3-1. Sanford is 4-1 in five games with the Canucks.

Chris Pronger and former Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi scored for the Ducks, beaten 4-0 by Luongo on Nov. 27 at Vancouver.

Pronger cut the margin to 3-1 with a slap shot over Sanford's glove from the left circle. Bertuzzi scored with 1:31 to play after Giguere was pulled for an extra attacker.

Calgary defenseman Cory Sarich now has the league's longest current consecutive-game streak at 419, dating to Nov. 27, 2001.

Notes:@ C Andy McDonald played in his 276th consecutive game for the Ducks and broke Samuel Pahlsson's franchise record, which ended when Pahlsson missed the start of this season due to a sports hernia. ... The city of Anaheim will have a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day. The Stanley Cup will be along for the ride for the first time in the 119-year history of the parade. ... Vancouver was 0-for-4 on the power play. It was only the third time in 20 games the Ducks didn't allow a goal while short-handed. Anaheim has given up a first-period goal in eight straight games. ... The Canucks are 14-0 when leading after two periods, and 0-10-1 when trailing after 40 minutes. ... Drew MacIntyre served as Sanford's backup after being recalled from Manitoba of the AHL.