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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Anaheim Ducks got their sputtering power play going. Familiarity and continuity make that a lot easier to do, and the Minnesota Wild are still searching for theirs. Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf each had a power-play goal and an assist, and Teemu Selanne totalled three assists to help the Ducks beat the Wild 3-2 on Thursday and snap a three-game winless streak. "We scored. Thats improving," Perry said. Bobby Ryan scored, too, and Jonas Hiller made 23 saves, giving the Ducks a sparkling night of production from their stars on the second stop on their seven-game road tour. "Weve started every season the last couple pretty slow. Come February or March where youre battling for the playoffs, when you get these points this early its not such a battle," Getzlaf said. The Wild are nine games into coach Mike Yeos regime. New systems rarely come quickly, but theyre playing a little too passively for his liking. Yeo said he believes the Wild deserved to win this game, but hes seeking that "belief" on the bench theyre going to get those two points. "We get in prime scoring areas and we wait and wait and wait and think there are better opportunities," Yeo said. "So even if you do shoot the puck now its potentially getting blocked. Even if you get it on net the goalies in perfect position. A quick shot is always your best." Jared Spurgeon and Matt Cullen scored to give the Wilds sagging power play a lift, but Cullens goal on a deflection of Mikko Koivus shot came with 6:06 remaining in the game with the Wild trailing by two -- too little too late. Yeo mixed up the lines again, trying to generate more of an attack, with the rugged Cal Clutterbuck moving up to skate with struggling stars Koivu and Dany Heatley. Devin Setoguchi was down on the second line again. Koivu hasnt scored yet. His last goal was March 11, an 18-game span. But Yeo refused to criticize his captains performance, calling this his best all-around game this season. "You have to create the chances. You cant be satisfied that youre getting chances, either. Obviously goals are the things that matter," Koivu said. The Wild went 2 for 5 on the power play. Spurgeons goal ended an 0-for-20 dry spell for a team that entered the game with the fourth-worst conversion rate in the league. Theyre 5 for 36 this season, and the dissatisfied customers booed a few times. "Weve been in every game. Its coming. We knew that with new systems, new everything, it would take awhile. I think were right there," said defenceman Nick Schultz. Getzlaf snagged a bouncing puck on a power play and sneaked a pass to Perry across the slot in the first period, and Perry stopped the puck with his left skate. He tapped it into the open net as he lost his balance and tipped over. Selanne did the dirty work in the second frame by prying the puck away from Wild goalie Niklas Backstroms glove, and Ryan swooped in to slam in the rebound to give the Ducks a 2-0 lead. Early in the third period, Getzlaf had a wide-open net after Selannes power-play pass skipped over defenceman Justin Falk, who went to his knees without success to try to stop the puck in the crease, allowing the Ducks to take a 3-1 lead. "They have incredible players, and they hurt us tonight," said Falk, who blamed himself for not preventing the back-door pass. "We didnt give them much, but when they have their chances, players like that will finish it off." The Ducks entered the game 25th in the league on the power play. "Lucky enough, weve been together so long we kind of have that awareness of where theyre going to be," Getzlaf said. "Those things help a lot during the power play." Coach Randy Carlyle has had the Ducks practise their power play "every chance we possibly can" whether against defenders or not. The early goal was what got them going in this one. "It breeds confidence in the players because they feel good about themselves. Theyre not frustrated by the penalty killing or frustrated from a bad pass. All that goes away when you score," Carlyle said. NOTES: The Wild have given up 10 goals to Perry and Ryan over the past four seasons, the second-most by any opposing player. Ryan Kesler of the Canucks has 15 in that span. Perry and Getzlaf each have 25 points in 23 career games against Minnesota. ... Wild D Greg Zanon was scratched with a groin injury for the second straight game. LW Guillaume Latendresse, who missed the last game at Vancouver on Saturday because of a groin injury, was back in and skating on the fourth line, his usual place taken by Setoguchi. ... Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback Christian Ponder was at the game. He received a loud cheer from the crowd when he was showed on the scoreboard. ... The 41-year-old Selanne doubled his assist total for the season. His last three-assist game came last Feb. 11 at Calgary, but only five of his 28 career three-assist games have come in the last 10 years. cheap jerseys . Ryan worked as a special assistant to the general manager in Houston from 2004 until he became president of the Texas Rangers in 2008. wholesale jerseys . -- Finally, the Florida Panthers got an easy win. http://www.salecheapjerseyswholesale.com/. Romo threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns before halftime Saturday night, and DeMarco Murray turned a short pass from Kyle Orton into a nifty touchdown after that to help the Cowboys beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24-18. cheap jerseys from china . 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Phillips connected on the second pitch from Salas (5-3) for his second career game-ending homer, stopping to wave his arms in joy before reaching first base. Phillips injected some ill will into the rivalry last season when he called the Cardinals whiners, sparking a brawl. Given the circumstances, the second baseman ranked it as his most memorable homer. "Biggest? Let me go ahead and say yes," Phillips said. "Thats the biggest one. Were playing the Cardinals. Thats a great situation for me getting that home run." The Reds were on the verge of falling five games behind the Cardinals before Phillips connected. Players formed a circle around home plate, celebrating their first game-ending homer since Ramon Hernandez won their season opener with a ninth-inning homer. Phillips, who loves theatrics, considered carrying his bat all the way home like a favourite character from "Major League." "I wanted to do cartwheels," he said. "I thought about doing Pedro Cerrano and carrying my bat around the bases. I was trying to keep it classy." St. Louis went up 5-4 in the eighth on Albert Pujols two-run homer off hard-throwing Aroldis Chapman. But the Cardinals closer couldnt hold on, blowing a save for the third time in 19 chances. His second pitch to Phillips was closer to the middle of the plate than he wanted. "I just left the ball in the wrong spot," Salas said, through a coach serving as translator. "He just made a good swing on a pitch I left a little bit out over the plate." The sellout crowd of 41,238 revelled in the one-swing finish to a wild game that fit the rivalry. Logan Ondrusek (4-3) got the win. "To get a walk-off is huge," manager Dusty Baker said. "Them coming back, us coming back -- that was a playoff atmosphere tonight." Chris Heisey hit a pair of solo homers for the Reds and robbed Pujols of one in the first inning, snatching his flyball from the top of the walll in centre.dddddddddddd Johnny Cueto protected the 2-0 lead into the seventh inning. Then it got wild, just like so many games between these teams. Phillips, a Gold Glove winner, committed only his third error of the season in the seventh, helping St. Louis rally ahead. Tony Cruzs pinch-hit RBI single put the Cardinals up 3-2. Third baseman David Freeses throwing error let the lead slip away fast. Rookie shortstop Zack Cozart drove in the tying run with an infield single and Torontos Joey Votto hit a double to put the Reds up 4-3. Pujols put the Cardinals back ahead by getting the best of a power-versus-power matchup, hitting a 96 m.p.h. fastball from Chapman for a two-run homer in the eighth. It was his 19th homer and his second since returning from a broken left wrist. Pujols declined to talk after the game. Both teams slogged through the first half of the season trying to overcome a seemingly nonstop slew of injuries. The Cardinals lost Pujols and Matt Holliday, while the Reds rotation and bullpen were in flux. St. Louis handled it better, going into the all-star break tied with Milwaukee for first place in the NL Central. Defending champion Cincinnati stumbled into the break in fourth place after closer Francisco Cordero blew three save chances in five days. This time, the Reds overcame another late meltdown. Heisey started the game with a little sizzle. He caught Pujols drive at the top of the wall in centre field in the first inning, holding on when his glove smacked the yellow padding. Heisey then had the third leadoff homer of his career off Jake Westbrook -- he also had a leadoff homer off him on July 6, when the Reds won 7-6. Heisey hit another solo shot in the fifth for the second multihomer game of his career. Notes: The Cardinals expect RF Allen Craig back by Aug. 1. Craig hurt his right knee when he ran into a padded railing while trying to catch a ball on June 7. ... The Reds honoured their four all-stars -- Votto, Phillips, 3B Scott Rolen and RF Jay Bruce -- on the field before the game. ... Rolen got his 500th double, joining Hall of Famer George Brett and Chipper Jones as the only 3B with at least 2,000 hits, 500 doubles, 300 homers and 1,200 RBIs. ... The Reds put RHP Jose Arredondo on the DL with a sore forearm and recalled LHP Jeremy Horst from triple-A. ... Cozart has hit safely in his first five games. ' ' '