Anaheim Ducks centre Andrew Cogliano takes a shot against St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester during the game at Honda Center on Sunday.
The Anaheim Ducks earned their fifth successive victory when they beat the St. Louis Blues.
Anaheim’s 10 points (5-1-0) ties them with Montreal for the best total in the NHL.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen improved to 5-0 on the season and posted his first career shutout. He faced just four first-period shots but ultimately posted 28 saves.
Andersen joined former Boston goalie Ross Brooks as the only two goalies in NHL history to win 25 of their first 30 starts. Andersen improved to 25-5 in his short career, but the young netminder was more excited about finally keeping a clean sheet.
‘’Oh, I knew. I knew I didn’t have one,’’ Andersen said. ‘’That’s something you remember, obviously. It’s like the players when they get that first goal. They will remember it forever.’’
The Ducks got two power-play goals from defenseman Sami Vatanen and the third goal from left winger Matt Beleskey.
Elsewhere, right winger Rick Nash scored his league-leading seventh goal of the season as the New York Rangers hammered the San Jose Sharks.
Left winger Carl Hagelin, right winger Martin St. Louis and center Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers, who are back to .500 (3-3-0) after a 1-3-0 start to the season.
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season.
San Jose netminder Alex Stalock made 25 saves and took the loss for the Sharks (4-1-1).
