Kesler leads Canucks to win over Ducks

Ryan Kesler scored two power-play goals, and Roberto Luongo made 15 of his 26 saves in the first period to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

It was the second straight shutout for Luongo, who made 27 saves against Chicago on Sunday night. He has three blankings this season and 35 in his NHL career.

Markus Naslund and Matt Cooke also scored, and Mattias Ohlund and Henrik Sedin each had two assists as the Canucks improved to 8-1-2 in their last 11 games.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 23 saves before being pulled in the third period as Anaheim lost in regulation for the second time in nine games (5-2-2).

The game marked the return of former Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi for the first time since he was traded away from Vancouver in June 2006.

It turned into a hard-fought contest between two teams that built up animosity in the playoffs last season, and featured plenty of post-whistle scrums, roughing penalties, one fight and three misconducts.

As he did during the Ducks' five-game win in the second round of the postseason, Luongo starred for the Canucks. But unlike that series, the Canucks found a way to solve Giguere on this night.

The Canucks were outshot 15-5 in the opening period and Luongo kept the game scoreless by making a handful of highlight-reel saves. Vancouver turned the tables in the second, scoring three times before Anaheim managed its first shot on net with six minutes left.

Naslund opened the scoring 3:2O into the period with a perfect wrist shot off the post and in over Giguere's glove. Kesler doubled the lead just 10 seconds into a 5-on-3 power play, shoveling a rebound under the Ducks goalie.

Matt Cooke scored on a deflection four minutes later and Kesler added his second on a power-play breakaway five minutes into the third period.

Giguere played another three minutes before giving way to rookie Jonas Hiller.

Penalty trouble plagued the Ducks. After going without a call against them in the first period, Anaheim took 16 penalties over the final 40 minutes. They were down two men four times and Vancouver converted two of 10 power plays overall. Hiller finished with six saves, plus a penalty shot stop against Henrik Sedin with 49.4 seconds left in the game.

Notes:@ Naslund, who also had an assist, has seven goals in seven games. ... Kesler has four goals in four games. ... Bertuzzi, who played eight seasons in Vancouver, received a rousing ovation during a pregame tribute on the arena scoreboard. He was a minus-2 with no points.