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Nick Bonino

Canucks down Ducks in shootout 2-1

AP
Canucks center Nick Bonino had an assist and scored Vancouver's lone goal in the shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) β€”Ryan Kesler wanted to put on a better show against his former teammates. Instead, one of the guys he was traded for stole the spotlight.

Nick Bonino assisted on the tying goal by Alexandre Burrows in the second period and got the only goal in the shootout in his return to Anaheim, helping the Vancouver Canucks beat the Ducks 2-1 on Sunday night.

"They come at you hard," Bonino said. "To beat them you have to play in their end, you can't let them come at you. We were solid tonight. We had a lot of shots and a lot of chances."

It was the first meeting between the teams since the June 27 trade that brought Kesler to the Ducks and sent Bonino and defenseman Luca Sbisa to Vancouver. Kesler spent his first 11 NHL seasons with the Canucks, helping them get to the Stanley Cup finals in 2011 with 41 goals and winning the Frank Selke Trophy that season as the NHL's best defensive forward.

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