CLEVELAND — Jason Williams scored two goals and Jason Elliott made 31 saves to lead the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Barons Tuesday in the AHL.

        Antti-Jussi Niemi, Dave Roche and Jarrett Smith also scored for the Ducks, who have won two straight and six of their last nine (6-3-0-0). Aris Brimanis had two assists, ending a 13-game point drought for the Cincinnati captain.

        The Ducks are 3-1-0-0 in their last four road contests and moved past idle Syracuse into second place in the Central Division. They trail first-place Cleveland by two points with five games in hand.

        Cincinnati ....... 3-0-2-5

        Cleveland ....... 1-0-1-2

        First period: 1. Cle, Wiseman 15 (Kraft, Jillson), 7:50.2. Cin, Niemi 1 (Barnes, Podhradsky), 11:43.3. Cin, Roche 25 (Brimanis, Butsayev), 13:56.4. Cin, Williams 17 (Parssinen, DeWolf), 15:21.

        Second period: No scoring.

        Third period: 5. Cle, Kraft 16 (Wiseman), 5:29.6. Cin, Smith 4 (White), 19:12 (eng). 7. Cin, Williams 18 (Brimanis), 19:49 (eng).

        Shots on goal: Cin 11-10-8=29; Cle 7-10-16=33. Power plays: Cin 0-for-2; Cle 0-for-3. Goalies: Cin, Elliott (33 shots, 31 saves; record 7-9-2); Cle, Kotyk (59:23; 27 shots, 24 saves, 2 eng; record 4-7-0). A: 2,756. Records: Cin 21-17-3-2; Cle 22-21-3-2.

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