NHL-Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games

Oct 19 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games. - - Ducks 3, Blues 0 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. The Ducks got two power-play goals from defenseman Sami Vatanen and the third goal from left winger Matt Beleskey. - - Rangers 4, Sharks 0 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). - - Kings 2, Wild 1 Tanner Pearson's third-period goal was the difference as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild. Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick had another strong outing, blanking the Wild until they scored early in the third period as the Kings (4-1-1) captured their fourth successive decision. It was the first goal allowed in two games by Quick. - - Flames 4, Jets 1 The Calgary Flames scored three goals in just over six minutes during the second period on the way to an emphatic win over the struggling Winnipeg Jets. Flames rookie left winger Johnny Gaudreau broke a 1-1 tie with his first goal of the season, a power-play marker at 10:12, and then set up right winger Mason Raymond's fifth goal of the year less than three minutes later. (Editing by Andrew Both)