Selanne scores twice as Ducks top Blues

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Teemu Selanne scored a pair of goals, including one of Anaheim's three power-play tallies, to lead the Mighty Ducks past the St. Louis Blues 6-4 Friday night.

Selanne, 35, a nine-time NHL All-Star, has eight goals in his first 11 games back in Anaheim.

He gave the Ducks breathing room with his second goal, beating goaltender Reinhard Divis on a breakaway with 9 minutes, 4 seconds remaining to give Anaheim a two-goal pad.

The loss was the fourth in a row for St. Louis, which hasn't won since a 3-2 victory over the Ducks on Oct. 19. The Blues wasted a lead again, this time jumping out 2-0 before the Ducks came back to go up 3-2 by the end of the first period.

"We grab a 2-0 lead and start taking penalties," Blues coach Mike Kitchen said. "Their power play has been good of late, and you just can't do that.

"It gave them some light and we ended up giving up 23 shots in the first period. You can't do that. We lost the momentum, they got it going and we just couldn't get on our game again and got frustrated."

For the game, St. Louis got off 28 shots while the Ducks had 39.

-- The Associated Press