NHL Ducks playing better, beat Pittsburgh

xSunday's 5-0 loss extended Pittsburgh's winless streak to eight games.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks are beginning to find scorers to take the pressure off Paul Kariya and Steve Rucchin. Not that they need much offense the way Jean-Sebastien Giguere is playing in goal.
Giguere made 19 saves for his franchise-record third consecutive shutout in the Mighty Ducks' 5-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday night.
"It's flattering, but you have to put the whole team in," Giguere said. "My teammates made it much easier for me."
Two-goal game
Andy McDonald had the second two-goal game of his NHL career and linemates Mike Leclerc and Matt Cullen each had four-point games. Cullen assisted on the final four goals, setting a career high for assists and matching one for points.
"He's got some confidence, he's got some jump, he's really rolling since he started playing with Andy McDonald," coach Mike Babcock said. "Now you add Mike Leclerc to that group and suddenly we have a really strong line there. Today they were relentless on the puck. They had great speed and they were hard to play against."
Giguere has not allowed a goal in the last 200 minutes, 15 seconds -- a franchise and personal record. The shutout was his fourth of the season, and 12th of his career.
"Our penalty kill was excellent early when we needed it," said Babcock, whose team killed two penalties in the opening 10 minutes and three overall. "All in all, it was a pretty good night for us. We didn't give them many opportunities."
Anaheim has won four straight overall and is 4-0-3 in its last seven home games.
The loss extended Pittsburgh's winless streak to eight games. The Penguins lost in overtime to Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Tired troops
"They played hard last night in a tough overtime game," Pittsburgh coach Rick Kehoe said. "Some of our best players logged a lot of ice time last night and this is what happens sometimes. We knew it would be tough tonight."
Mighty Ducks defenseman Keith Carney opened the scoring 10:17 into the first period, followed by Petr Sykora at 19:07 off a Cullen rebound.
Anaheim added two more goals by McDonald and Leclerc in the second, when it outshot the Penguins 16-4.
McDonald scored his ninth of the season at 8:14 of the third for 5-0.