Kariya, Boyes lead Blues past Ducks

ST. LOUIS -- Paul Kariya had a goal and three assists, and Brad Boyes scored twice as the St. Louis Blues kept Anaheim winless on the road by beating the Ducks 4-2 Tuesday night.

Kariya, a key free agent acquisition, has nine assists and 11 points for the Blues in his first seven games. Boyes has six goals and two assists.

Keith Tkachuk also had a goal and two assists for the Blues, who got 14 saves from Manny Legace. He improved to 9-1-1 against Anaheim

Andy McDonald and Mark Mowers scored for the Ducks, 0-5-1 on the road.

McDonald gave Anaheim a 1-0 lead 1:37 into the second period when he redirected Kent Huskins' centering attempt past Legace on the Ducks' first shot of the period. Anaheim would not get another shot on goal until 2:22 remained in the period. By then Kariya had helped the Blues score three times.

The Blues tied it at 7:01 when Jay McKee's shot from the left point hit Kariya in front. The puck bounced right to Tkachuk and he backhanded it past goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

Boyes gave the Blues a 2-1 lead at 10:27 when he tipped Kariya's slap shot from the top of the right circle past Giguere. With the Blues on the power play later in the period, Kariya got the puck on the right boards, faked a shot and passed cross ice to Boyes, who put it in the open side at 16:46 to make it 3-1.

The two-goal lead didn't last long as Mowers batted a rebound of Corey Perry's shot by Legace at 17:38 on the Ducks' second shot of the period.

Kariya added an empty-net goal at 19:27 to seal the win.