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VANCOUVER - Corey Perrys scored the shootout winner as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in NHL action Thursday night. Nike Air Force Φθηνα .Perrys goal on Anaheims first shootout attempt was the only one the Ducks needed. They got another one from Jakob Silfverberg that proved meaningless after Vancouvers Radim Vrbata and Nick Bonino failed to score on their attempts.The Ducks (12-4-5) earned their first win in five games while the Canucks lost for the second time in three contests. Anaheim also avenged a Nov. 9 home shootout loss to Vancouver. The Canucks (13-6-1) lost their first one-goal game this season, becoming the last in the NHL to do so.Rookie Bo Horvat, with his first NHL career goal, Jannik Hansen and Radim Vrbata scored for the Canucks in regulation time.Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Getzlaf, and Matt Beleskey had the goals for the Ducks.Former Canucks centre Ryan Kesler played his first game in Vancouver since being traded to the Ducks in the summer. Fans showed little reaction at the start of the game as he was pictured on the scoreboard screen with the caption Welcome back Ryan. He was booed in the second period, overtime and the shootout.The Canucks outshot the Ducks 28-26, but Anaheim held a 5-1 edge in overtime.Anaheim led 2-0 after 20 minutes, but the Canucks scored three consecutive goals in the second.The Ducks were blanked on three power plays. It did not register a shot on the second and third man-advantage opportunities. Vancouver only had one power play as a result of a cross-checking penalty to Kesler, Anaheims only infraction, at the end of the first period.The Canucks got off to a rough start as a wide-open Cogliano tucked in a loose puck, after it caromed off skates, only 37 seconds into the game. It was Anaheims first shot. On the second one, Lack was forced to stop a Getzlaf one-timer and watched as the Canucks made a series of defensive lapses. Then, with the game barely a minute and a half old, the Canucks lost defenceman Dan Hamhuis to a leg injury after he clipped skates with teammate Daniel Sedin.Getzlaf put the Ducks ahead 2-0 at 13:10 of the first as he roofed a backhand following a give-and-go with Patrick Maroon.As the first-period horn sounded, Kesler scuffled with Canucks winger Derek Dorsett and Horvat.The two Canucks then teamed up offensively at 3:08 of the second period, reducing Vancouvers deficit. Acting as the trailer, Horvat scored on a one-timer from the slot off Dorsetts nifty backhand pass. The goal was also Horvats first NHL career point. The 19-year-old Rodney, Ont., native played his seventh game of the season and can suit up in two more before the Canucks must activate his contract or return him to junior.Vancouver turned their deficit into a 3-2 advantage midway through the second period as Hansen, on a slapshot, and Vrbata, with a backhand deke, scored 30 seconds apart.Beleskey created a 3-3 tie at 11:52 of the third period as he jammed in his own rebound.Notes: Canucks winger Alex Burrows missed the game due to an undisclosed injury. … Earlier Thursday, the Ducks traded defenceman Bryan Allen, a former Canuck, to Montreal for winger Rene Bourque. … The Canucks also made a trade, completing a swap of centres as minor-leaguer Kellan Lain went to Edmonton in exchange for Will Acton. … Ducks defenceman Hampus Lindholm, 20, is one game away from 100 for his NHL career. Φθηνα Παπουτσια Nike Air Force 1 . Rinne had surgery on his left hip May 9 and recovered in time to start the season. He then had arthroscopic surgery on Oct. 24 because of a bacterial infection in his hip. Nike Air Force 1 Φθηνα . On paper, it looks a little like Andre the Giant taking on a midget wrestler. It has all the makings of a rout with the Americans adding an eighth win in nine outings of this biennial event. The Yanks have eight players in the top 15 in the world while the Internationals have just one. ST. LOUIS -- Danny Duffy became the latest pitcher to shut down the St. Louis Cardinals. Duffy worked six innings of one-hit ball coming off a pair of poor outings and Alex Gordon homered to start a breakout three-run seventh for the Kansas City Royals in a 6-0 victory over the suddenly punchless defending NL champs on Monday night. "I told him, You didnt throw a great game, you pitched a great game," manager Ned Yost said. "He was just right on top of his game." The Royals had just two singles off Shelby Miller (6-5) in a game that had been scoreless before they opened the seventh with four straight hits. Gordons fifth homer ended a 15-inning scoreless drought and Mike Moustakas capped the rally with a two-run double. "I felt good early on," Miller said. "I felt like I just kind of gave the game away in the seventh. Its just frustrating." Matt Holliday had two singles and a walk for the Cardinals, who have been shut out in consecutive games at home and have single-digit hit totals the last four games. Theyre just 2-6 with one game to go on a nine-game home stand. "Its a long season. Youre going to have those times," said Yadier Molina, who is 2 for 21 during the home stand. "We know were good hitters." Between Hollidays single with two outs in the first and his single leading off the seventh, the Cardinals were 0 for 17 with a walk -- also by Holliday in the fourth. Coming off an 8-0 loss to San Francisco on Sunday, the Cardinals were shut out two straight times at home for the first time since 1992 against Pittsburgh, and by six or more runs at home in two straight games since dropping a doubleheader to the Reds in 1937. "Weve had lots of meetings, weve had the conversations we needed to have," manager Mike Matheny said. "What were doing right now isnt going to work and they know that. We all do." Duffy (3-5) struck out five and walked one, rebounding from consecutive losses in which he surrendered 10 earned runs in 10 innings. He has a one-hit start over six or more innings each of the last three seasons. Nike Air Force 1 Sage Low Γυναικεια. "Physically, I felt really good," Duffy said. "I still didnt have as much behind the ball as I normally do, but I felt fine just like last time." Rare backing from the offence made everything feel a lot better. The Royals totalled three runs while Duffy was in the game his first five starts over 27 innings. "Sometimes its just the luck of the draw," Duffy said. "The guys swing the sticks really well." Three relievers completed a three-hitter. The Royals advanced one runner to second base before Gordon led off the seventh with his fifth homer, a drive over the Cardinals bullpen in right field. "It was awesome," Moustakas said. "It got a good pitch to hit and he crushed it and it kind of loosened us up in the dugout." Lorenzo Cain beat out an infield hit unsuccessfully challenged by the Cardinals and Miller threw his second wild pitch of the inning after a visit from pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, setting up Moustakas double. Kansas City added three in the eighth. Cardinals rookie centre fielder Randal Grichuk struck out three times and whiffed fielding the ball on the RBI single by Salvador Perez, allowing a second run to score. NOTES: Holliday has reached safely in all 29 home games. .. The Cardinals anticipate pitcher Lance Lynn, who underwent medical tests after tweaking his right knee Sunday, will make his next start. ... Cardinals pitching prospect Marco Gonzales, a first-round pick last year, and teammates from Double-A Springfield attended the game on a day off. ... The Royals claimed RHP Blake Wood on waivers from Cleveland and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha, making room on the 40-man roster by transferring RHP Luke Hochevar (elbow surgery) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. Kansas City also purchased the contract of RHP Wilking Rodriguez, optioned RHP Louis Coleman to Omaha and designed LHP Justin Marks for assignment. ... The Royals are 5-1 in interleague play. ' ' '