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ANAHEIM Barrett Hayton Jersey Womens , Calif. (AP) — Daniel Sprong didn’t waste time making a positive first impression on the Anaheim Ducks.The 21-year-old right wing, acquired from Pittsburgh on Monday, scored in his Ducks debut Wednesday night as Anaheim stretched its winning streak to five with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.“It’s a new opportunity. I was excited for it. I wanted to come out hot,” Sprong said. “I’m a shooter and I wanted to start off early putting pucks on net and getting chances.”Sprong gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead six minutes into the first when he beat Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford top shelf with a shot at a sharp angle that just went over Crawford’s shoulder.Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle was pleased with Sprong’s performance despite having only one practice with the club.“The shot is a welcome sight because it looks he can he can provide some offense if he continues to shoot the puck like that,” Carlyle said. “He’s still got to learn our system, but he acquitted himself very well tonight.”Brandon Montour, Ondrej Kase and Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks, who have matched Toronto for the longest active winning streak in the league.“You could tell in the first period we were playing with a lot of confidence. That comes from building off earlier games knowing that we are playing real good right now. We have to keep it going,” Silfverberg said.Erik Gustafsson and Alex DeBrincat scored in the second period Michael Grabner Jersey Womens , and Corey Crawford stopped 28 shots for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five straight and seven of eight.Chicago is 3-9-2 under Jeremy Colliton, who replaced Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6.“I thought the second period was excellent,” Colliton said. “I don’t think they’re better than us, just the puck went in the net. Frustrating.”Montour put the Ducks on the board 20 seconds before Sprong’s goal with a 54-foot wrist shot that got past a screened Crawford for his third of the season. The Ducks came into the game next-to-last in the NHL in first-period goals but scored a pair in the first 20 minutes for only the third time this season.“Just finding ways. We feel good about ourselves. We’re a work in progress but has confidence they have success in any buildingGustafsson put the Blackhawks on the board seven minutes into the second when he took Duncan Keith’s pass in the right faceoff circle and beat Gibson with a slap shot for his fifth. DeBrincat then tied it with 28 seconds remaining in the period when he took a feed from Jonathan Toews and put it into the net for his 11th.Kase took back the lead for Anaheim four minutes into the third when he took Carter Rowley’s pass off the boards and fired a shot from the right circle for his fourth in the past nine games. Silfverberg then put it out of reach with an open-net goal late in the third for his sixth.NOTES: The teams have split their two games this season. Their last meeting will be Feb. 27 in Anaheim. … Kase, who has a point in seven of the last eight games, has eight career game-winning goals. … Anaheim C Adam Henrique extended his points streak to six straight games with an assist on Sprong’s goal. He has a goal and five assists in that span. … RW Pontus Aberg has three goals and two assists in the last three games. … DeBrincat has eight points (four goals, four assists) in five appearances against the Ducks.UP NEXTBlackhawks: Travel to Vegas for their second meeting this season against the Golden Knights on Thursday night.Ducks: Continue their four-game homestand against Carolina on Friday. NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Blues had a chance to clinch a postseason berth on their own terms, but a stubborn goaltender stood in their way.Alexandar Georgiev made 44 saves and Jimmy Vesey scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period Marian Hossa Jersey Womens , helping the New York Rangers beat the Blues 4-2 on Friday night.Ryan Strome, Pavel Buchnevich and Chris Kreider also scored for New York, who had lost two in a row.“We are not happy, we lost the game,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “That’s the players’ mindset. We want to win games. It was a winnable game and we didn’t win it.”Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron scored for St. Louis, which still clinched a playoff spot when Arizona lost 3-2 in a shootout at Colorado later Friday night. Jordan Binnington stopped 21 shots in only his third regulation loss on the road this season.Vesey found a loose puck during a scramble in front at 5:17 of the third to break the 2-2 tie. Brett Howden and Vinni Lettieri assisted on the play.“I think it was big mentally, I’ve been in a little bit of a drought,” Vesey said after scoring his first goal since February 27th. “End of the year, you want to end on a high note and I think that goes for individually and as a team.”Kreider Joakim Nordstrom Jersey Womens , who missed the previous three games with a lower-body injury, added an empty-net goal with 8 seconds remaining to seal it for the Rangers.Early in the second period, the Rangers erased a two-goal deficit with two of their own within a span of 1:20.Strome notched his 17th of the season when he found a loose puck in front at 2:22 of the period. Mika Zibanejad helped tie it when he delivered a beautiful cross-ice feed to set up Buchnevich for a one-timer at 3:42. It was Buchnevich’s seventh goal in the month of March and 19th on the season.“Regardless of the situation, everything feels better when you are winning, the mood is light and everyone is having fun,” Vesey added after the Rangers’ first regulation win since March 9. “I don’t think that’s the prettiest game we have played all year, but that’s a good team and will take the win.”Tarasenko opened the scoring at 14:35 of the first when he powered the puck past Georgiev through a small opening on the short side. The Blues alternate captain has recorded at least 30 goals and 30 assists for five straight seasons. Jayden Schwartz and Ryan O’Reilly assisted.Just 27 seconds later, David Perron doubled St. Louis’ advantage. Schwartz took advantage of Brendan Smith’s turnover and fed Perron for the easy tap-in.Smith, who has played forward for a large chunk of the season Tyler Graovac Jersey Womens , was shifted back to defense after Kreider returned to the lineup. Smith was also called for goalie interference at 16:58 of the first period when Zibanejad appeared to cut the Blues’ two-goal lead in half. However, the call was reversed after St. Louis coach Craig Berube challenged the play.“We got very sloppy with the puck. We want to play more north and we kept coming back,” Rangers coach David Quinn said. “It really caused us problems in the last 30 minutes I thought, but we found a way to win. Obviously, our goalie had a lot to do with it and we got a timely goal in the third period.”NOTES: Rangers scratched forward Connor Brickley and defensemen Fredrik Claesson, John Gilmour. … Marc Staal returned to the lineup for the Rangers after missing the previous two games with a lower-body injury. … During a first-period stoppage, the Rangers welcomed back former left wing Sean Avery. .. St. Louis scratched Michael Del Zotto, Robby Fabbri and MacKenzie MacEachern.UP NEXT:Blues: At New Jersey on Saturday night.Rangers: At Philadelphia on Sunday.