In St Louis, Jake Allen made 20 saves as the Blues downed the Anaheim Ducks, Monday night, 4-1.
It was the fourth straight win for the Blues.
“We’ve been going pretty good,” Jaden Schwartz said. “It’s tough to keep track when you play on the road, so it’s not something you really think about, but we’re finding different ways to win, and each night, different lines, different guys are chipping in, whether it’s offensively or defensively. Both goalies are kicking. Doing the little things right, playing well as a team.”
Anaheim is 1-6-1 in their last eight games and the fade is nearly complete.
“To have confidence, to earn confidence, you have to play well and do things right on a regular basis, and it’s hard to get that momentum and gather that confidence when you shoot yourself in the foot or a bounce doesn’t go your way,” Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “… We’re not getting timely goals right now, and it makes it even more of a struggle when you’re trying to get things going.”
Max Comtois was the lone goal scorer for Anaheim.
“Let’s not forget who we are playing,” Ducks head coach Dallas Eakins said. “We’re playing the Stanley Cup champions and a team that does trust their system, and they rarely stray from it. That’s where we have to aspire to get to, and I think there’s great lessons here tonight.”
Schwartz, Tyler Bozak, Ivan Barbashev, and Alexander Steen scored for the Blues.
“We talked and came out in the second period, we played our game,” St. Louis head coach Craig Berube said. “We just quick-upped pucks and got it in and went to work and just kind of wore them down. That’s what I saw. Line after line, and everybody was doing the same thing and doing a good job.”
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John Gibson made 30 saves in the loss.
“You know you have to be on your ‘A’ game,” the Ducks’ Adam Henrique said. “That’s every single night no matter who you’re playing. Every team in this league is good, and if you’re not on your game, they’re that much better, or it seems that way.”
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