Ducks make quick work of the Coyotes for 10th win in a row

GLENDALE, Ariz. â€”  Kevin Bieksa leaned in to listen to teammate Cam Fowler’s lengthy answer to reporters about the Ducks’ team record-tying 10th consecutive victory and was unimpressed.

“What a boring answer!” Bieksa said, smirking.

Everything else surrounding the Ducks lately is quite entertaining.

Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, Jamie McGinn and Rickard Rakell scored on the Ducks’ first two shots and the Pacific Division co-leaders kept rolling Thursday night with a 5-1 victory over the reeling Arizona Coyotes.

Fowler and Josh Manson also scored, and Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots as the Ducks remained tied with the Kings atop the division standings going into Saturday’s showdown at Staples Center.

Perry, who has five goals and three assists in three games, helped the Ducks match the 2013-14 team’s winning streak despite the absence of injured captain Ryan Getzlaf, who was a late scratch because of a lower-body injury.

Not bad for a team that was 16 points back before embarking on a 17-1-1 stretch.

“Obviously, I’m proud of the group from where we’ve come to where we are now,” said Ryan Kesler, who had two assists. “We all believed in this room.”

Anthony Duclair scored for the Coyotes, who’ve lost seven in a row. Niklas Treutle gave up five goals on 16 shots in first NHL start.

McGinn collected Treutle’s mishandled puck behind the net and jammed in his second goal in two games since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres.

Rakell’s one-timer on the power play 46 seconds later made the score 2-0 less than six minutes into the game.

“It’s tough when you’re playing one of the best teams in the league,” Treutle said, “and you’re chasing from the beginning.”

Asked why he started Treutle against the NHL’s hottest team, Coyotes Coach Dave Tippett said he “had no choice” because Louis Domingue had started 11 consecutive games.

Fowler’s slap shot on the power play early in the second period made the score 3-0. The Ducks went three for seven on the power play and have scored with the man advantage in every game during their streak.

“Our power play has been ridiculous,” Coach Bruce Boudreau said.