Ducks Fall To Blues For Their Fourth Straight Loss, Remain Tied Atop Pacific

Dylan Holloway scored a brace of power-play goals, Robert Thomas had a extremity and 2 assists, and nan St. Louis Blues kept their slim playoff hopes live pinch a 6-2 win complete nan Ducks connected Friday night.

Pius Suter and Colton Parayko each had a extremity and an assistance for St. Louis and Jonatan Berggren added a goal. Joel Hofer stopped 24 shots for nan Blues, who pulled to wrong 3 points of nan past wild-card spot successful nan Western Conference pinch 7 games left.

Ryan Poehling had a extremity and an assist, and Jeffrey Viel scored for nan Ducks, who stay tied pinch Edmonton for first spot successful nan Pacific Division but person mislaid 4 consecutive games. Lukas Dostal stopped 23 shots.

St. Louis extended a 3-2 first-period lead pinch 2 goals successful nan second. Tyler Tucker corralled a rebound down nan extremity statement and flicked a walk to Suter, who snapped a changeable past Dostal for a 4-2 lead astatine nan 3:08 mark. Parayko’s changeable from nan correct circle hit Dostal glove-side for a 5-2 lead pinch 3:10 left.

Holloway’s power-play extremity successful nan 3rd made it 6-2.

The teams mixed for 5 goals successful nan first period.

The Ducks, playing their 2nd consecutive crippled without starring scorer Cutter Gauthier (upper-body injury), took a 1-0 lead erstwhile Poehling redirected Mason McTavish’s changeable from nan bluish statement past Hofer 1:51 into nan game.

St. Louis answered astatine 5:24 erstwhile Philip Broberg threaded a walk down Ducks defender Ian Moore to a Thomas.

Holloway’s power-play extremity gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead pinch 8:42 left, but Viel’s tap-in of a cross-ice walk from Poehling tied it 2-2 pinch 3:59 left.

Up adjacent for nan Ducks: vs. nan Calgary Flames astatine Honda Center connected Saturday night.