Perry, Ducks down Blues
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Corey Perry potted a pair of goals as part of a three-goal third period that lifted the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday at Honda Center.
Andrew Cogliano and Bobby Ryan each scored once, while Francois Beauchemin added a trio of helpers for the Ducks, who tied a franchise-record with their 11th consecutive home victory.
"It feels good," Perry said of the win. "Everybody here knows what's going on and the role they're supposed to be playing."
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Jonas Hiller posted 29 saves in the victory, Anaheim's third in a row overall.
Ryan Reaves and Patrik Berglund netted a goal apiece for the Blues, who had a two-game win streak snapped.
"We ran out of gas," Berglund admitted. "We lost our energy. We made a soft play and they shoved it down our throats."
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Jaroslav Halak allowed three goals on 21 shots in the setback.
Reaves opened the scoring just over six minutes in when he camped out in front and re-directed Wayne Redden's point blast past Hiller for a 1-0 lead.
Cogliano countered just under 8 1/2 minutes into the second with the Ducks on the penalty kill, as he picked up a loose puck near his own blue line and caught the Blues on a line change which allowed the Anaheim center to race in a breakaway that he converted with a wrister over the glove of Halak to make it 1-1.
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Berglund then buried a power-play marker 1:41 into the third to restore St. Louis' one-goal lead, but the Ducks erupted for three unanswered goals to take control.
The first came off the stick of Ryan just 1:30 later, as he recovered a blocked shot in the slot and ripped the disc past Halak to tie the game at the 3:11 mark.
With Anaheim on the power play near the five-minute mark, Ryan Getzlaf skated into the right circle and ripped a wrister that Perry deflected in front to put the Ducks ahead, 3-2, with 14:40 to play.
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Perry then added an empty-netter with 40 seconds left to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
St. Louis wrapped up a five-game road trip at 2-3-0 and will host San Jose on Tuesday ... Anaheim has taken both meetings with St. Louis this season, including a 6-5 shootout win on Feb. 9 ... Ryan extended his point streak to seven games ... St. Louis has dropped six straight at Honda Center ... Anaheim went 1-for-7 on the power play, while St. Louis finished 1-for-3 on the man advantage.