National Hockey League
Anaheim 4, St. Louis 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 16, 2019
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees: Tim Peel, Furman South
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, James Tobias
Attendance: 18096

Derek Grant scored his first career hat trick to lead the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night, ending two streaks in the process.

The Ducks snapped their five-game winless streak while the Blues saw their nine-game points streak come to an end.

Ryan Getzlaf also scored and John Gibson stopped 37 of 38 shots for the Ducks, who started their four-game road trip on a positive note.

Vince Dunn scored for the Blues -- who suffered just their fourth regulation loss in 21 games -- and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves.

Ducks youngster Max Jones moved up in the lineup to play with Getzlaf and he paid quick dividends. Jones took a two-on-one pass from Getzlaf and sent it right back to the veteran for an open-net goal just four minutes into the game.

Grant made it 2-0 less than two minutes later by exploiting a Blues mishap. Binnington went behind his net and played the puck toward teammate Alex Pietrangelo, but failed to get back before the puck caromed to Grant in front of the open net.

Dunn cut the lead to 2-1 by stepping up in the play to score off the rush 3:14 into the second period. His snap shot from the right circle beat Gibson low.

But Grant capitalized on another Blues blunder to push the Ducks' lead to 3-1 about four minutes later. Justin Faulk dropped a careless power-play pass toward Dunn in his own zone, allowing Grant to intercept it for a short-handed breakaway goal.

Grant iced the game with his empty-net goal with 1:39 left on a two-on-nobody break with Getzlaf.

Blues forward prospect Klim Kostin made his NHL debut, playing on the third line with Tyler Bozak and Robert Thomas. Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who hadn't played since Oct. 27, got back into lineup and assisted on Dunn's goal for his first point of the season.

Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson and forward Jacob de la Rose bowed out of the Blues lineup. The Ducks plugged defenseman Michael Del Zotto and forward Devin Shore into the lineup at the expense of forward Ondrej Kase and defenseman Jacob Larsson.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Anaheim   St. Louis
Derek Grant 3 Points Vince Dunn 1
Derek Grant 3 Goals Vince Dunn 1
Ryan Getzlaf 1 Assists Robert Bortuzzo 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
Derek Grant 1 Short Handed Goals N/A
John Gibson .974 Save Percentage Jordan Binnington .875
John Gibson 37 Saves Jordan Binnington 21
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Anaheim 25 4 0-2 4-4 10 30
St. Louis 38 1 0-4 2-2 6 25
Upcoming Games
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against Tampa Bay. The Blues have a W/L % of .692 after a win and .375 after a loss.
  • Anaheim will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Ducks have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .455 after a loss.