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GLENDALE Jonathan Ericsson Jersey , Ariz. (AP) — Anaheim relied on physicality to end Arizona’s NHL-high six-game winning streak.Adam Henrique and Troy Terry scored power-play goals in the third period, Jakob Silfverberg added a goal and an assist and the Ducks bullied their way to a 3-1 victory over the Coyotes on Tuesday night.“We know they have a lot of small skill over there, and that seems the way the game is going now, small skill,” said Ryan Kesler, who played in his 1000th NHL game.“When we’re playing our game, we have our neutral zone (working), those kids have nowhere to skate and we are finishing checks and being hard on them and trying to intimidate them.”Silfverberg has two goals and four points since signing a five-year, $26.5 million contract extension Saturday that will keep him under contract through 2023-24. He scored his 100th Ducks goal on Sunday.“The puck seems to be going in again,” Silfverberg said. “It’s not just me. Our team is playing pretty good now. The last three weeks we have been playing pretty good but just not getting the results we wanted other than the last two games.”The Ducks had scored only seven goals while losing five of their previous six Womens Justin Abdelkader Jersey , but are 6-5 overall since general manager Bob Murray fired coach Randy Carlyle and installed a new system after stepping in as the interim coach.“It’s our structure in the zone now,” Kesler said. “We’re starting to trust each other again. Trust was a thing that was kind of lost. Everybody was trying to do everybody else’s job, and when we rely on our structure now, trust builds. If you trust your teammates are going to do the job, they usually do.”Lawson Crouse scored his career-high 11th goal for the Coyotes, who had won the first four games of a season-long seven-game homestand. Crouse has three goals and five points in his in his last six games.The Coyotes did not have a shot on goal in the first 12 minutes, getting their first during 5-on-3 power play in which they did not score.“Liked our first (period),” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. “We had some chances but after that it was garbage, to be honest with you.“We’re not going to win them all. We like what’s been going on around here, but we didn’t get anything from some guys we need to start to play. If we’re going to go anywhere Luke Glendening Jersey , we need these guys to go.”Henrique tipped Rickard Rakell’s shot from the left circle past Darcy Kuemper for a 2-1 lead four minutes into the third period, and Silfverberg assisted on Terry’s shot from the right circle midway through the period.Ducks backup goaltender Ryan Miller made 22 saves. He has lost his last two starts. Kuemper made 28 saves while having his seven-game winning streak broken. He had given up only 11 goals in that streak.KESLER REACHES 1,000Murray recognized Kesler’s milestone by putting him on the ice for the opening faceoff.“Little things like that make the day that much more special,” said Kesler, adding that he received emails and text messages from many former and current teammates.“Just reminiscing on all the years in the past. I said I wouldn’t do it, but I ended up doing it. I’ve had a great first thousand games. Had a lot of fun in this league. Met a lot of great people. And I’m happy we got the win.”WILD WILD WESTThe Coyotes lost a point to Minnesota and two to Colorado to fall three points behind the Wild for the final wild-card spot in the West. Minnesota has 72 points after an overtime loss in Nashville, and Colorado beat Detroit in overtime to reach 70. Dallas has 73.Arizona and Dallas have one game in hand on Minnesota and Colorado, however.NOTES: The Coyotes had not won six straight since 2012, the last season they made the playoffs. … Arizona D Jason Demers played for the first time since Nov. 15 after missing 47 games with a lower-body injury. D Jason Oesterle (upper body) was out. … Ducks C Ryan Getzlaf played in his second straight game after missing the previous five with an upper-body injury. Anaheim has won four in a row and five of six when he has played.UP NEXTDucks: Open a four-game homestand against St. Louis on Wednesday.Coyotes: Host Calgary on Thursday. The Flames won the first three games of the four-game season series while outscoring the Coyotes 18-4. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues’ penalty kill had been showing signs of leakage recently. The dam broke on Saturday.The Blues went 0-for-4 on the penalty kill in a 6-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at Enterprise Center.It was the sixth time in seven games that the Blues have allowed a goal on a penalty kill unit that was once fourth in the league and killed off 23 straight at one point this season.Article continues below ...“They don’t get those chances, you do the math Martin Frk Jersey , its 2-1, a much closer game,” Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo told NHL.com. “Tough to give those guys that many opportunities. Players like that not only get chances, but they feel better about the game with the puck on their sticks and they get that on the power play.”Blues interim coach Craig Berube acknowledged the trend.“It slipped about the last five games I would say,” Berube told NHL.com. “There are just mistakes that are made that can’t happen. We have to do a better job of blocking shots in some scenarios. They’re just mistakes we’ve got to clean up.”The Blues (15-17-4) entered the game seeking their first three-game winning streak of the season. They are now 0-4-0 after winning two straight and have been outscored 21-6 in those games.“We weren’t bad 5-on-5,” Pietrangelo told NHL.com. “Penalty kill wasn’t good enough tonight. There were some good things 5-on-5, but you still lose the game. We took our penalties 5-on-5. We’ve got to be a little smarter … but things happen. Sometimes, you take weird penalties. You flip the puck over the glass. You’ve got to find a way to pick those guys up and kill those penalties.”The Blues will try to right the penalty kill as they host the New York Rangers (16-14-7) on Monday night, in the third game of a five-game home stand. It is the first meeting between the two teams after the Blues won both games last season.The Rangers are coming off a 4-3 win at Nashville on Saturday night. The victory snapped a three-game skid, but the team has earned points in eight of its last 10 games.Marc Staal and Jesper Fast scored third periods goals as the Rangers overcame a 3-2 deficit to beat the Predators.“You could feel it http://www.officialredwings.com/authentic-adidas-mike-green-jersey ,” Rangers coach David Quinn told NHL.com. “There was excitement, guys understood what they needed to do. There was a different feel tonight for sure.”Before the game, the Rangers veterans held a team meeting stressing the importance about playing strong on the road trip heading into the All-Star Break.“The guys had a meeting today and talked about playing winning hockey and understanding situational hockey, and I thought we did a heck of a job of it tonight,” Quinn told NHL.com. “I give our leadership group a lot of credit. … I give those guys a lot of credit because they took the bull by the horns, and we played winning hockey when it mattered.”