Final
Ducks welcome struggling Blues
Mar 15, 2008 - 1:51 PM St Louis (29-31-11) at Anaheim (40-25-8) 10:00 pm EDTANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - The defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks have been tough at home, which means the St. Louis Blues' nightmare road trip could get worse.
The Ducks aim to extend their franchise best eight-game winning streak on Saturday when the host the slumping Blues.
Todd Marchant tallied and assisted on another goal, while rookie Jonas Hiller stopped 30 shots in a 4-1 win over Vancouver here on Wednesday.
Anaheim, which is one point back of Dallas (42-26-5) and four points behind San Jose (42-21-8) for first place in the Pacific Division, is currently 24-8-4 at home.
The Ducks' home dominance is only topped by the Detroit Red Wings, who have a league-best 25 home wins.
That is bad news for the Blues, who are 0-4-1 in their franchise record nine-game road trip. St. Louis, which is 1-9-2 in its last 12 games, allowed four first-period goals in a 4-1 loss to San Jose on Friday.
David Backes scored the lone goal as the Blues, who have dropped a season-high nine straight road games. St. Louis' 69 points are second worst in the Western Conference behind Los Angeles (62).
The Blues have had success against Anaheim though, taking two of the last three meetings. They are looking for their first season series win since going 2-0-1 in 2003-04.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 1 1 2
ANAHEIM 1 1 3 5 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ANA - MATHIEU SCHNEIDER 10 (TEEMU SELANNE, KENT HUSKINS)
19:07
2ND PRD: STL - JAMAL MAYERS 10 (JAY MCCLEMENT, JEFF WOYWITKA) 1:57
ANA - (PP) TEEMU SELANNE 8 (MATHIEU SCHNEIDER, ROB
NIEDERMAYER) 15:10
3RD PRD: STL -
Mar 16 12:29 AM - NHL
ST LOUIS 2
ANAHEIM 5
3RD PRD: ANA - RYAN GETZLAF 23 (SAMUEL PAHLSSON, MATHIEU SCHNEIDER)
18:22
Blues 2, Ducks 5 3rd - 1:38Mar 16 12:28 AM - NHL
ST LOUIS 2
ANAHEIM 4
3RD PRD: ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 8 (TRAVIS MOEN, SAMUEL PAHLSSON) 11:09
Blues 2, Ducks 4 3rd - 8:51Mar 16 12:12 AM - NHL
ST LOUIS 2
ANAHEIM 3
3RD PRD: ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 7 (UNASSISTED) 4:08
Blues 2, Ducks 3 3rd - 15:52Mar 16 12:03 AM - NHL
ST LOUIS 2
ANAHEIM 2
3RD PRD: STL - JEFF WOYWITKA 1 (ROMAN POLAK, BRAD BOYES) 0:54
Blues 2, Ducks 2 3rd - 19:06Mar 15 11:55 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 1 1
ANAHEIM 1 1 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ANA - MATHIEU SCHNEIDER 10 (TEEMU SELANNE, KENT HUSKINS)
19:07
2ND PRD: STL - JAMAL MAYERS 10 (JAY MCCLEMENT, JEFF WOYWITKA) 1:57
ANA - (PP) TEEMU SELANNE 8 (MATHIEU SCHNEIDER, ROB
NIEDERMAYER) 15:10
SH
Mar 15 11:35 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 1
ANAHEIM 2
2ND PRD: ANA - (PP) TEEMU SELANNE 8 (MATHIEU SCHNEIDER, ROB
NIEDERMAYER) 15:10
Blues 1, Ducks 2 2nd - 4:50Mar 15 11:29 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 1
ANAHEIM 1
2ND PRD: STL - JAMAL MAYERS 10 (JAY MCCLEMENT, JEFF WOYWITKA) 1:57
Blues 1, Ducks 1 2nd - 18:03Mar 15 11:03 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 0
ANAHEIM 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ANA - MATHIEU SCHNEIDER 10 (TEEMU SELANNE, KENT HUSKINS)
19:07
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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STL 7 7
ANA 13 13
GOALIES: STL - MANNY LEG
Mar 15 10:41 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 0
ANAHEIM 1
1ST PRD: ANA - MATHIEU SCHNEIDER 10 (TEEMU SELANNE, KENT HUSKINS)
19:07
Blues 0, Ducks 1 1st - 0:53Mar 15 10:41 PM
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