Vancouver Canucks rookies Jason Jaffray and Mason Raymond assisted on one another's first NHL goals in Wednesday's 3-2 win at Anaheim.

"They called two young players up from the minors and both of them made a contribution," Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle said. "That is huge when you can have young guys step in and get on the scoresheet for you."

Jason Jaffray and Mason Raymond (21) embrace in Wednesday's win.
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Curtis Sanford stopped 33 of 35 shots as the Canucks (17-11-3) made do without Roberto Luongo, who missed his second straight game with a bruised rib, Brad Isbister, shelved by a groin injury, and Brendan Morrison, whose wrist injury forced him to sit for the first time since Feb. 27, 2000.

Morrison had competed in 542 consecutive games — the longest active streak in the NHL, and 11th longest in league history.

"It is not great for the Canucks to hear that he is going to be out for a while," Jaffray said. "I'm definitely not a guy who is going to fill his shoes.

"But I'm a guy that has been brought in to, maybe, soften the blow a little bit. If I can provide offence, and create scoring chances, that is kind of what I do."

Jaffray chipped the puck by Ducks defenceman Francois Beauchemin and sent a cross-ice pass to Raymond, who scored in a single motion to make it 1-0 at 17:35 of the first period.

"It is always nice to get that first one under your belt," Raymond said. "There was a little bit of relief there.

"Jaffray made a great pass to me and all I had to do was put it in the net. It is something I will always cherish."

It was Raymond's first goal in 10 NHL games.

"He has amazing speed and an NHL shot," Sanford said. "It was just a matter of time for him."

Daniel Sedin increased Vancouver's lead to 2-0, stripping Chris Kunitz of the puck in the slot and firing in his 12th goal of the season with 80 seconds left in the period.

Raymond and Taylor Pyatt combined to set up Jaffray, who buried his own rebound less than five minutes into the second period of his NHL debut.

"It was a great feeling to see the look on Mason's face when he got his first one out of the way," Jaffray said. "And when that puck went in for me, I could have jumped five, six feet in the air.

"It is definitely a moment I will always remember."

Chris Pronger trimmed the deficit 57 seconds later on a slapshot from the point, and earned an assist on Mathieu Schneider's goal with 1:31 remaining in the contest, witnessed by 17,174 fans at the Honda Center.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere finished with 17 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champion Ducks (15-14-4).

Of note, Cory Sarich of the Calgary Flames now owns the NHL's longest current consecutive games streak at 419, dating back to Nov. 27, 2001.

With files from the Canadian Press