In St Louis, the Blues won their sixth straight game on Saturday night, this time, 6-2, over the Anaheim Ducks.
St Louis improved to 9-8-0.
Pavel Buchnevich struck for two goals and four points in the win.
“I just think when you’re winning it’s always fun,” Buchnevich said. “I don’t know how many we win now, six right now, five? Hopefully we keep going, and it’s always fun when you are winning, good mood in the locker room. Everybody like so positive and all the positive emotions there. I think everybody happy, even coaches, too.”
Jordan Binnington made 30 saves in the St Louis win.
Cam Fowler and Adam Henrique were the strikers for the Ducks.
“I think just the first few periods weren’t, you know, the competitive level isn’t high enough,” Henrique said. “I think that was just, that was really not X’s and O’s execution. I think it was bottom line, was just the compete level. They had a higher one than us those first two periods.”
Anaheim dropped to 5-12-1.
“We just did not have it,” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. “We had one player compete in the first period, and that was the goaltender. It wasn’t until the third period that we got our [stuff] together. I think that makes us even more angry as a group, that why now? It’s basically too late. … Every night in this league is a hard one. You are never, ever going to get an easy one.”
St Louis took a 2-0 lead in the first off goals from Noel Acciari and Buchnevich.
Buchnevich hit for his double in the middle frame to make it 3-0.
Brayden Schenn scored for a 4-0 lead in the second before Fowler scored to make it 4-1.
Jordan Kyrou added a third goal in the period for St Louis to make it 5-1 headed to the third.
“First two periods were really good,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “We checked hard. I thought that forecheck and our hounding in the offensive zone were really good. We were tight. Neutral zone was really good, checking-wise. We had success.”
Robert Thomas scored in the third to make it 6-2 after Henrique had made it 5-2.
“Yeah, I think we got off to a good start and I think we’re all working hard, getting pucks back in the offensive zone and making some good plays from the neutral zone,” Thomas said. “So yeah, some nights you just seem to find each other and it was one of those tonight.”
John Gibson got the start for the Ducks, he yielded five goals and made 24 saves before getting the hook in the second intermission.
Anthony Stolarz made four saves in a mop role in the third period, he allowed one goal.
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