St. Louis opens five-game road trip with 5-2 loss against sizzling Anaheim Ducks

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Getzlaf scored two goals, including a 190-foot shot into an empty net, and Jonas Hiller made 31 saves for the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

Rob Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne and Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks, who have earned 17 of a possible 18 points in their last nine games (8-0-1).

Selanne has eight goals and five assists during an eight-game point streak. Getzlaf matched that run, posting six goals and 11 assists in eight games.

Patrik Berglund and Andy McDonald scored for the Blues, and Chris Mason made 21 saves in the first of the team's five-game road trip. St. Louis is 1-5 after a 4-1 start.

Paul Kariya, the Blues' leading scorer, left in the second period with an undisclosed lower body injury and didn't return.

Although they don't skate as a line, Selanne, Perry and Getzlaf were chosen as the NHL's First Star of the Week on Monday. Over a four-game stretch last week, the trio combined for 10 goals and 18 assists.

Getzlaf's three-point night Wednesday gave him 18 points for the season (six goals, 12 assists) moving him into a tie with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin for the NHL scoring lead.

Anaheim's previous five games had been decided by one goal.

— AP