{"id":211643,"date":"2026-03-09T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211643\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:19:13","slug":"blues-4-0-ducks-mar-8-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211643\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues 4-0 Ducks (Mar 8, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. — \u2014 Joel Hofer<\/a> made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Jonathan Drouin<\/a> scored in his Blues debut and St. Louis beat the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> 4-0 on Sunday night to sweep a four-game trip.<\/p>\n

Jordan Kyrou<\/a>, Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a> and Pius Suter<\/a> also scored to help St. Louis win for the fifth time in six games since the Olympic break.<\/p>\n

Drouin was acquired from the Islanders on Friday at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Blues captain Brayden Schenn<\/a> to New York. The left wing scored the second of three second-period goals, firing a slap shot past Ville Husso<\/a> on a power play with 9:53 left.<\/p>\n

Kyrou opened the scoring at 4:22, snapping a shot from the right side to the far post on a 3-on-1 break. After helping set up Drouin’s goal, Snuggerud added one of his own on a one-timer with 7:49 to go.<\/p>\n

St. Louis failed to add to the lead on an extended power play that spilled into the third when Ross Johnston<\/a> received a major penalty for boarding Justin Holl<\/a>, the defenseman who also made his Blues debut after coming over from Detroit.<\/p>\n

After Anaheim successfully challenged Snuggerud’s apparent goal midway through the third for offsides, Suter scored into an empty net with 4:02 to go<\/p>\n

Husso stopped 31 shots. The Ducks completed a nine-game homestand, splitting the last four after winning the first five. They were 0 for 6 on the power play against the Blues.<\/p>\n

John Carlson<\/a>, the defenseman acquired from Washington on Thursday, missed his fifth straight game because of lower-body injury. Ducks center Mikael Granlund<\/a> returned after missing six games because of an upper-body injury sustained playing for Finland in the Olympic bronze-medal game.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Blues: Host the New York Islanders<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Ducks: At Winnipeg on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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