Danila Yurov scores 2 goals, Quinn Hughes has 4 assists as surging Wild beat Ducks 5-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Danila Yurov scored twice, Quinn Hughes had four assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday night.

Kirill Kaprizov, Yakov Trenin and Nico Sturm also scored for the Wild, who earned a point for the fifth straight game (3-0-2). Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots.

Minnesota is 22-4-4 in its last 30 games, and 8-1-2 since acquiring Hughes, the 2024 Norris Trophy winner, in a blockbuster with Vancouver on Dec. 12.

Beckett Sennecke and Troy Terry scored for Anaheim, which has lost five straight and nine of 11. Lukas Dostal had 29 saves, including 17 in the second period.

Yurov put the game out of reach when he redirected Hughes' shot past Dostal for a 4-1 lead 3:21 into the third. Sturm’s shot from the left circle made it 5-1 with 4:58 left.

Dostal made eight saves during a pair of penalty kills in the first seven minutes of the second, but he caught an unlucky break when the Wild scored on a double-deflection to take a 2-0 lead at the 8:10 mark.

Hughes, one of eight Minnesota players named to Winter Olympic teams Friday, sent a shot from the blue line that hit Trenin’s stick and Yurov's right skate before trickling into the net.

Anaheim grabbed some momentum when Mason McTavish’s faceoff swipe from the left circle landed on the stick of Sennecke, whose snap shot beat Gustavsson stick-side to cut the lead to 2-1. Sennecke leads NHL rookies with 13 goals.

But Minnesota pushed it to 3-1 with 5:15 left in the second when Trenin took a pass from Hughes in the right circle and rifled a shot past Dostal.

Minnesota took advantage of Alex Killorn's tripping penalty, needing only 9 seconds to score on the power play for a 1-0 lead 5:39 into the first. Dostal blocked Hughes' slap shot from the point, but Kaprizov banged a shot past Dostal after a scramble in front of the net for his 24th goal.

Ducks: At Washington on Monday night.

Wild: At Los Angeles on Saturday night.

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Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) looks to shoot while defended by Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek (14) tries to get the puck past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) and defenseman Radko Gudas (7) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Minnesota Wild center Yakov Trenin, center, is greeted by Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber (7) after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Minnesota Wild center Yakov Trenin (13) is greeted by Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Minnesota Wild right wing Danila Yurov, right, skates off after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 34 points — half on free throws — and LeBron James added 31 as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies 128-121 on Friday night to open a two-game set.

The teams will meet again Sunday in Los Angeles.

Doncic had eight assists and six rebounds. James had nine rebounds and six assists. The superstars dominated the fourth quarter, highlighted by a 12-2 run that put it out of reach. Doncic scored four points and assisted on two 3-pointers while James closed out the spurt with a basket.

The Grizzlies were missing six players, including Zach Edey. They had six players in double figures.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 25 points to lead the Grizzlies, who have dropped four of six and fell two games under .500 on the road. Former Laker Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 20 points. Ja Morant had 16 points and 11 assists coming off his 40-point game in an overtime loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Jake Laravia had 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and nine rebounds for the Lakers.

The Lakers blew a 15-point lead in the second quarter after the Grizzlies ran off 18 straight points to take a three-point lead, their first of the game. Caldwell-Pope hit two of the Grizzlies' four 3-pointers in the spurt with Jock Landale adding seven points.

Caldwell-Pope's back-to-back 3-pointers forced a 96-all tie going into the fourth.

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Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr., right, reacts after being called for a foul on Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, left shots as Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Memphis Grizzlies center Jock Landale, right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Memphis Grizzlies center Christian Koloko, left, is hit in the face by Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James as they wait for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)