The Ducks were choked out by St.Louis, shutting out them to complete a successful home run

Anaheim was shut out for just the fourth time this season as the Ducks ended a nine-game home streak around the Olympic break with a 7-2-0 record and first place in the Pacific Division.

ANAHEIM, Calif.— There was so much fire, power and energy coming from the Anaheim Ducks in the standings this season, but the Blues St.Louis was visiting everything they could to close it.

The Ducks were stifled offensively, including 0-for-5 on the power play, and the Blues won their fourth straight 4-0 and sixth straight at the Honda Center on Sunday.

Anaheim suffered its fourth shutout loss of the season with only 22 hits.

"They defended well as a team, so we didn't do anything," Mikael Granlund said."They had guys under the puck the whole time. We didn't take anybody out on my run, so they did a good job."

Anaheim still has a solid 7-2-0 record in the nine game home, with two on the front and seven on the back before the Olympic break.

The Ducks are 14-4-0 in their last 12 home games and have won 10 of their last 18 games.Anaheim 22-10-1 at home.

"Nine straight, you're going to find that one or two things go wrong and there's no excuse. That's just the way it works, but we've caught them on good nights and that's what happened in our game," Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said.

Ville Husso made 31 saves in his second start in three games.Beckett Senke, Jacob Truba and Tim Wash each registered three shots on goal.

Cutter Gauthier, third in the NHL in shots on goal, did not register a shot on net and saw his four-game goal streak end.

"They did a great job," Jackson LaCombe said."They struggle to get away quickly and they keep everything on the outside, so they do a good job of that, and we don't see it."

Anaheim (35-24-3, 73 points) remained in first place in the Pacific Division at the end of the night Thanks to Edmonton (31-25-8, 70 points) regulation win in Vegas (29-21-14, 71 points).The Ducks have 19 games to play and one game ahead of the Knights and Oilers.

Seattle (29-24-9, 67 points) is six points behind Anaheim in the second wild card with one game less.

The Ducks go on a four-game road trip to Eastern Canada.Anaheim will be in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Toronto on Thursday, Ottawa on Saturday and Montreal on Sunday.

Anaheim will host Trevor Zegras and the Philadelphia Flyers on March 18th.

Power play skip cycle

Anaheim's power play has heated up as the Ducks have scored a goal in five of their six home games leading up to Sunday and nine of their last 14 games.

The power play has clicked 23.8% on the homestand and 26.8% over the last 14 games.

Until the blue flows into town.

Despite five power play opportunities against St. Louis, the Ducks managed just two shots on goal in seven shot attempts.The Blues actually pushed back three shorthanded shots on goal in the first period.

“We didn’t execute, obviously,” LaCombe said."Some of our breaks were good, but we just had to set up the puck and throw some pucks away. It wasn't good."

Anaheim is converting at an 18.5% rate for the season, 23rd in the NHL, which is a step up from last season.

"The power play was good. We didn't get hot from the start today," Quenneville said. "We probably had a good start, but then we didn't get any zone time. They pressured us. They got to us before we got around and passed. They blocked lanes. We blocked a ton of shots tonight."

The class has been mixed up this season, but that's a credit to a successful home field.

Line adjustments: Granlund back, McTavish on the wing

Mikael Granlund is on injured reserve Sunday, ready to play after sustaining an upper-body injury in Finland's bronze-medal win at the Winter Olympics in Milan.

Granlund moved to the second center spot with Alex Killorn in left and Beckett Sennek in right.

This puts Mason McTavish in a pinch.McTavish switched between the second line and the middle of the third line, and production struggled.The 23-year-old has just one assist in the last six games and two assists in the last nine games - no goals.

Ryan Poehling, who signed a four-year contract extension last week, has recently excelled in penalty-killing roles, and Tim Wash has carved out a niche as a hard-working fourth-line center.

On Sunday, McTavish moved Poehling to left wing as third line center and Frank Vatrano to right wing.

We have five centers," Quenneville said. "Grandma is back, she played a good center before. Grandpa can also play on the wing. There are options."

Late in the first period, McTavish didn't return until late in the second period with a gagged mouth and a swollen upper lip.

Quenneville said he doesn't want to put too much stock in McTevish's wings because of those circumstances.

Injury report: Terry, Carlson out

With Mikael Granlund returning from injured reserve to the Ducks' lineup on Sunday, Anaheim took a step toward full health for the first time since December.

Two Ducks on the mend: Troy Terry and newly acquired John Carlson.

Terry (upper body) has skated with the team since the Feb. 25 win over Edmonton and hasn't missed a game.The same injury that forced Terry out of 11 games in January.

Terry has been skiing on his own for the past few days and is expected to join the Ducks on their upcoming trip.However, Joel Quenneville says the long-term Ducks are unlikely to play on the trip.

Carlson, who was traded to the Ducks on Thursday after 17 seasons with the Washington Capitals, missed his second game on the Anaheim roster.He was in transit on Friday.and officially departed on Sunday.with a lower body injury

Karlsson left early in Washington's final game before the Olympic break on February 5 and missed the Capitals' first four games after the break with the injury, which was marked day-to-day on February 22.

Karlsson will also join the team on this upcoming trip, and Quenneville is targeting the end of the trip for Karlsson's first game as a Duck.