National Hockey League: St Louis Blues win again, Anaheim Ducks end drought

Facing uncertainty on the backend due to injuries suffered by Clayton Stoner and Simon Despres, the Ducks close out their first home stand of the season still in search of a first win.

Anton Khudobin led the Anaheim Ducks out of the tunnel for Sunday’s game against the Wild, Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register reports. Lindholm picked up the primary assist on Rickard Rakell’s game-winning goal at the 16:01 mark of the first period. Minnesota has had no such issues, scoring 12 times en route to a 3-0-0 start before falling 2-1 in overtime to Los Angeles on Friday after playing in Arizona the previous night.

Nino Niederreiter scored for Minnesota, while Devan Dubnyk finished with 18 saves.

Jonathan Quick stopped 22 of 23 shots as the Kings capped a five-game homestand with their second win in a row.

A pair of goals from Vladimir Tarasenko saw the Blues to a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre on Sunday.

New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes enjoyed his first National Hockey League win as his team had a 2-1 overtime victory against the New York Rangers.

Adam Henrique also scored his third goal for the Devils, who received 26 saves from goaltender Cory Schneider.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Lauri Korpikoski scored at 1:27 of three-on-three overtime to give Edmonton a victory over Vancouver. The Wild have scored a power-play goal in each game and are 4-for-17 with the man advantage.