Ducks’ Cutter Gauthier ties NHL record so old it was set by guys named ‘Punch’ and ‘Phantom Joe’

Cutter Gauthier has scored 14 goals in seven games for the Anaheim Ducks, a scoring run that puts him among the rarest recent feats in the NHL. He has also tied a record for goals in a team’s first six games of a month, helping keep the Ducks in contention for a play-off place.

Gauthier scored 12 goals in the Ducks’ first six games of November, matching a mark last achieved in 1921-22 by Punch Broadbent and Joe “Phantom Joe” Malone. He is the sixth player since 1945 to score 14 goals in seven games, and the first since Mario Lemieux and Alexander Mogilny in 1992-93. Anaheim lost to Nashville on Wednesday but began the month unbeaten and sat two points ahead of Seattle for third in the Pacific Division; the Ducks next host the New York Islanders on Saturday.