Ducks rally before losing in a shootout to the Blues
The Ducks erased three deficits against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday at Honda Center, but they ultimately fell short, 6-5, in a shootout.
Rookie Leo Carlsson and All-Star Frank Vatrano each scored twice for Anaheim, with Nikita Nesterenko adding a goal. Trevor Zegras, Alex Killorn and Isac Lundeström all had two assists. Lukáš Dostál stopped 26 shots.
Leading scorer Robert Thomas paced St. Louis with a goal and three assists. Captain Brayden Schenn contributed a goal and an assist. Zachary Bolduc, Pavel Buchnevich and Matthew Kessel each had a goal. Jordan Kyrou chipped in three assists before scoring the shootout's lone goal. Jordan Binnington made 33 saves.
The shootout opened with a flashy attempt by Zegras that resulted in his skyward backhand hitting the post. Kyrou had no such issues on his own backhand, which became the shootout winner.
Overtime was played with vigor and a pair of solid chances near its conclusion for Olen Zellweger, who was poke checked, and Troy Terry, whose short-side shot in the dying embers nearly earned the Ducks a second point.
Carlsson knotted the score at five with 3:51 remaining in regulation when he zoomed toward the inner edge of the right circle to snipe a snapshot inside the left post for the 12th goal of his first NHL campaign.
Vatrano scored his second goal of the evening, adding intrigue to the final 11:56 of the match. Zegras fended off
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The Ducks' Olen Zellweger (51) knocks the Blues' Nikita Alexandrov to the ice during Sunday's game in Anaheim.
THE SCORE
BLUES 6, DUCKS 5 (SO)
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two checkers behind the net, one of whom pushed him so that he was draped over the nylon with his left arm balancing him against the cage. With only his right arm on his stick, he shoveled the puck in front for Vatrano, who kicked it to his stick and backhanded it home for his team-leading 32nd goal.
The Ducks seized momentum previously, but then handed it right back in the first 2:40 of the third period.
Just 49 seconds after they scored on the power play, Vatrano took an interference penalty and the Blues kept the Ducks at arm's length with a five-on-four goal. A shot from between the circles nearly became the second goal of the game for Thomas, but instead it became his fourth point when Jordan Kyrou slipped his rebound to Schenn at the back post for two swipes.
A mere 62 ticks into the third period, the Ducks
SUMMARY
St. Louis Ducks
St. Louis won shootout 1-0
1, St. Louis, Bolduc 3 (Thomas, Parayko), 0:11. 2, Ducks, Nesterenko 1 (Lundestrom, Lindstrom), 2:37. 3, St. Louis, Kessel 1 (Schenn, Thomas), 12:36. Penalties: Kessel, STL (Tripping), 5:36. Strome, ANA (Boarding), 19:57.
4, Ducks, Vatrano 31 (Killorn, Zegras), 3:41. 5, St. Louis, Thomas 24 (Kyrou, Krug), 13:36 (pp). 6, St. Louis, Buchnevich 27 (Kyrou, Perunovich),
15:50. Penalties: Ducks bench, served by Nesterenko (High Sticking), 13:07. Johnston, ANA (High Sticking), 13:07. St. Louis bench, served by Walker (Roughing), 13:07. Tucker, STL (Holding Stick), 19:01.
7, Ducks, Carlsson 11 (Terry, Lundestrom), 1:02. 8, St. Louis, Schenn 19 (Kyrou, Thomas), 2:40 (pp). 9, Ducks, Vatrano 32 (Strome, Zegras), 8:04. 10, Ducks, Carlsson 12 (Killorn, Fowler), 16:09. Penalties: Vatrano, ANA (Interference), 1:51.
None. Penalties: None.
St. Louis 1 (Kyrou G, Schenn NG), Ducks 0 (Zegras NG, Carlsson NG, Terry NG).
First Period:
Second Period:
Third Period: Overtime: Shootout: 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 — 0 — Shots on goal:
Power-play opportunities:
Goalies:
St. Louis 10-11-7-3: 31. Ducks 15-12-7-4: 38; St. Louis 2 of 3. Ducks 0 of 2; St. Louis, Binnington 27-20-4 (38 shots-33 saves). Ducks, Dostal 12-22-2 (31-26).
0 (17,174). T: 2:39.
A: 6 5
halved their deficit with a man-advantage marker. Terry fed Lundeström in the low slot, where his fanning on a one-timer proved fortuitous as the puck sailed to Carlsson at the post for a tap-in tally, his 11th.
Underlying numbers supported the Ducks' effort through 40 minutes, but the Blues led 4-2 at the second intermission.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
x-Vancouver x-Edmonton Kings
Vegas Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose x-Dallas x-Colorado x-Winnipeg Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago x-Boston x-Florida x-Toronto x-Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Ottawa Montreal
GP W
77 76 77 76 76 76 78 77
CENTRAL DIVISION
78 78 76 77 77 78 77 77 47 47 41 42 32 34 25 18
GP W
78 78 77 78 78 77 77 77
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
GP W
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
GP W
x-N.Y. Rangers78 53 21 4 110 272 219 x-Carolina 78 49 22 7 105 263 205 N.Y. Islanders 77 35 27 15 85 228 251 Pittsburgh 77 36 30 11 83 235 230 Washington 77 36 30 11 83 208 249 Philadelphia 78 36 31 11 83 226 249 New Jersey 78 37 36 5 79 255 268 Columbus 78 26 40 12 64 225 282 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference
Sunday's results
St. Louis 6, Ducks 5, SO Detroit 3, Buffalo 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago 0 Carolina 3, Columbus 0 Arizona 5, San Jose 2
Ottawa 3, Washington 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, Montreal 2 Nashville 3, New Jersey 2, SO Dallas 7, Colorado 4
Today's games
Pittsburgh at Toronto, 4 p.m. Vegas at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
NHL LEADERS
49 48 47 45 41 37 33 23 46 48 44 43 38 37 34 29
L OT Pts GF GA
22 24 25 26 31 37 48 51 20 24 24 29 32 31 39 49 17 24 23 27 31 36 39 36 8 102 263 210 5 99 274 218 11 93 242 203 8 92 248 226 13 77 202 219 5 73 231 252 5 55 193 284 8 44 171 307
L OT Pts GF GA
L OT Pts GF GA
15 107 259 211 6 102 254 196 9 97 280 237 7 93 274 251 8 84 257 254 5 79 234 234 4 72 244 268 12 70 213 268
L OT Pts GF GA
Through Saturday's games
GOALS
Name
Auston Matthews Sam Reinhart Zach Hyman N. MacKinnon David Pastrnak Artemi Panarin Filip Forsberg Nikita Kucherov Brayden Point J. Marchessault Sidney Crosby Leon Draisaitl William Nylander Mikko Rantanen Brock Boeser Kirill Kaprizov Chris Kreider Steven Stamkos J.T. Miller Sebastian Aho
Team
TOR FLA EDM COL BOS NYR NAS TBL TBL VGK PIT EDM TOR COL VAN MIN NYR TBL VAN CAR 9 107 290 227 6 102 291 240 6 100 237 191 4 94 253 235 5 87 227 240 9 83 235 244 5 71 239 256 5 51 169 268