ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Cliff Ronning and Filip Kuba each scored twice Tuesday night as the Minnesota Wild cruised to their fifth straight preseason victory, 4-1 over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Minnesota improved to 5
1 in the preseason and has won every game since a 1-1 tie with Anaheim on Sept. 20.
Ronning opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal just over four minutes into the game and Kuba made it 2-0 four minutes later. Sergei Zholtok and Matt Johnson registered assists on Kuba's goal.
The Mighty Ducks cut their deficit in half on Stanislav Chistov's second goal of the preseason in the second period. It was the first goal in three games allowed by Wild goaltender Manny Fernandez, who stopped 24 shots.
Kuba restored a two-goal cushion with a power-play tally with 7:29 left in the second. Ronning's power-play goal in the third provided the final margin.
Ilja Bryzgalow made 20 saves for the Mighty Ducks. Anaheim sat out starters Paul Kariya, Adam Oates, Petr Sykora and Ruslan Salei.
