ANAHEIM — The St. Louis Blues handed the Anaheim Ducks their seventh consecutive home loss, 5-1 at Honda Center on Wednesday.
Five players scored for the Blues, who limited Anaheim to 13 shots, the fewest in a game by any team this season.
Zach Sanford, Vladimir Tarasenko, Oskar Sundqvist, Tyler Bozak and Sammy Blais had goals for the Blues (22-22-5). Rookie Jordan Binnington made 12 saves and is 5-1-1 in his first seven NHL decisions.
Daniel Sprong scored and John Gibson made 26 saves for the Ducks (21-21-9), who haven’t won at home since defeating the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Dec. 12. Anaheim is 2-10-4 since a 4-2 road win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 17.
The Blues scored five straight goals after the Ducks took a 1-0 lead on Sprong’s eighth goal of the season at 6:44 of the first period.
Tarasenko tied it 1-1 at 10:34 with his 17th of the season, and Sanford put the Blues ahead 2-1 at 2:04 of the second period with an unassisted goal, knocking his own rebound past Gibson after intercepting a pass from Sprong. Sundqvist was wide open when he took a pass from Pat Maroon in the slot and scored at 7:41 to make it 3-1.
Bozak, playing his first game after missing the past nine with an upper-body injury, made it 4-1 at 8:42 of the third period. Blais scored 34 seconds later to make it 5-1.
The Ducks had been outshot 8-0 before Sprong picked the top corner with a wrist shot from the slot to put Anaheim ahead.
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