ANAHEIM — To conclude a homestand that was equal parts exhilarating and successful, the Ducks served up a painfully flat effort against the St. Louis Blues, falling 4-0 at Honda Center on Sunday evening.
The Ducks ended up with 14 of a possible 18 points on their nine-game, 36-day homestand that spanned the Olympic break and included thrilling comeback after thrilling comeback. But on Sunday, they were shut out for the fourth time this season.
After losing eight out of nine games, the Blues became winners of five of their past six and four straight.
Ducks backup Ville Husso got the start against the club that drafted and developed him, making 32 of 35 saves. The Ducks’ power play, which had been converting at a respectable 23.8% clip since the pause, went 0-for-6 on Sunday.
Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Drouin, Jimmy Snuggerud and Pius Suter each had a goal, with Snuggerud tacking on an assist. Longtime Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler chipped in an assist. Joel Hofer stopped all 22 pucks sent his way.
There would be no defiance of the odds by the Ducks on Sunday, when their third period came and went without a goal, just as the first two had.
St. Louis and Snuggerud nearly cushioned their lead but had the goal nullified due to an offside entry. They went up 4-0 just the same when Suter scored into the empty net with 4:02 to play.
After a strong start, St. Louis remained imposing in the second period, breaking the game open with three goals at the 4:22, 10:07 and 12:11 marks. The lone spark from the hosts was Ross Johnston’s decisive fight win against Tyler Tucker, though Johnston was assessed a major penalty for boarding on the hit that provoked the conflict.
Snuggerud made it 3-0 with a one-timer from the inner part of the right circle after Husso’s failed rim-around was dug out of the corner by Robert Thomas.
Drouin had extended the Blues’ lead with a man-advantage marker. After reversing the puck to the left side and then back to the right, he hammered a one-timer from just above the right faceoff dot for his first goal in white, blue and yellow. He was acquired from the New York Islanders in a trade for now-former St. Louis captain Brayden Schenn.
To open the scoring, Kyrou struck off the rush, receiving a sweeping pass at the defensive blue line and zooming all the way up ice for a goal. He looked dangerous in the opening frame as well, when he had two shots and hit the post with a third attempt.
The Blues nearly doubled up the Ducks on shots in the first period, 13-7, despite having to kill three penalties. Yet the game remained scoreless at the first intermission.
The Ducks will next travel north of the border for a four-game road swing through Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
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