ST. LOUIS ¡ª Two teams with little time to shore up their defensive play will meet Sunday night when the St. Louis Blues host the Anaheim Ducks in the second game of a back-to-back for both teams at Scottrade Center.Both teams lost road games Saturday night when the Blues fell 4-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime and the Ducks dropped a 5-3 decision to the Dallas Stars.The back-to-back set is the first of the season for each team.Article continues below ...The loss Saturday was a particularly dispiriting one for the Ducks Custom Toronto Maple Leafs Jerseys , who raced out to a 3-0 lead before the midway point of the second period but allowed four goals in a span of fewer than seven minutes before intermission. The Stars racked up a franchise-record 30 shots in the second period.The Ducks, who pulled John Gibson after the second period, limited the Stars to one goal ¡ª an empty netter by Radek Faksa with 1:28 remaining ¡ª on seven shots in the third.¡°Our team performance, obviously, in the second period wasn¡¯t good, but in the third, we played more of the way we need to play,¡± Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. ¡°But it takes 60 minutes to win in the NHL. We only played 40 minutes.¡±As far as defenseman Cam Fowler was concerned www.canucksshoponline.com , Saturday night was a long time coming for the Ducks, who allowed opponents to fire 134 shots at Gibson in their first four games but still opened 3-0-1. ¡°I feel terrible,¡± Fowler said. ¡°He¡¯s been phenomenal all year. He¡¯s the reason why we even have a chance most nights. As bad as tonight was, if you look at our shot totals for us in the first five games, it has not been good. And he¡¯s been our best player, by far, so I feel awful for him.¡±The Blues rode a roller coaster as well Saturday when they fell behind 2-0 before scoring three straight goals spanning the second and third periods. But Blackhawks right winger Alex DeBrincat scored the tying goal with 6:54 left in regulation before he collected the game-winner with nine seconds left in overtime.¡°It¡¯s good that the guys battled back, we got a point Vancouver Canucks T-Shirts Womens ,¡± Blues head coach Mike Yeo said. ¡°But still, there¡¯s some areas that need to improve here.¡±The Blues have given up at least four goals in three of their first four games.¡°You have to play smart to be good defensively,¡± Yeo said. ¡°And I think that when we start to have sort of an internal pride in our locker room, that when you¡¯re on the ice, that it matters as much not to have anything bad happen as it does for something good to happen, then when we start to come together a little bit more as a team.¡±The Blues announced Saturday night that backup goalie Chad Johnson will make his season and St. Louis debut Sunday. Johnson, who signed as a free agent on July 1, is 3-2-0 in six career appearances against the Ducks.Miller is likely to get his first start of the season for the Ducks. He is 2-7-0 in nine career games against the Blues. DALLAS (AP) ¡ª Phillip Danault is scoring goals in bunches for Montreal. Jeff Petry didn¡¯t waste much time finishing a rally in overtime against Dallas.Petry scored 14 seconds into the extra period after Danault had both Montreal goals in regulation and the Canadiens rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Stars on Monday night.Danault¡¯s two goals Vancouver Canucks Hoodies Womens , including the tying tally early in the third period, came nine days after his first career hat trick in a 4-3 overtime win at Vegas, giving him five of his seven goals this season in that span.¡°I think I¡¯m taking more of the middle,¡± Danault said. ¡°Taking more speed and confidence. Sometimes when you score goals it helps you with your confidence. Which it did. And my wingers are playing well with a lot of speed.¡±Antti Niemi stopped 45 shots against his former team in his third straight start and second win since Carey Price was sidelined with a lower-body injury. The Canadiens finished 4-2 on a season-long six-game road trip.After Max Domi won the opening faceoff of 3-on-3 overtime, Paul Byron skated up the left side and slipped the puck across the ice to Petry , who easily beat Ben Bishop for his eighth goal. Domi collected his team-leading 23rd assist.¡°It was a good faceoff win by Domes,¡± Petry said. ¡°Anytime you can get possession in overtime is big. He gave me an outlet there and moved it across to Byron. Saw him going down the wing, and my opportunity to jump and make it a 2-on-1.¡±Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were on the ice for Montreal¡¯s winning goal in their first loss since the high-priced forwards were harshly criticized by their front office. Benn scored his team-leading 16th goal on an assist from Seguin for a 2-1 lead in the second period.Danault¡¯s tying goal came when he collected an errant shot behind the net and stuffed the puck between Bishop¡¯s pad and the post on a wraparound. His first-period goal for a 1-0 lead came on a loose puck just outside the crease as he was falling to the ice.Benn¡¯s goal came on a power play after his brother Vancouver Canucks Hats Womens , Jordie Benn, was penalized for hooking.The Stars have split two games since expletive-laden rants to reporters against Benn and Seguin by club CEO Jim Lites. The critique that the two players on expensive long-term contracts were underperforming for a team falling short of expectations drew a rebuke from the NHL players¡¯ union.While Seguin and Benn are still two of the top three scorers on their team, they¡¯re not on a pace to be among the top 25 in the NHL, which they¡¯ve been in five previous seasons together. Seguin¡¯s assist on Benn¡¯s goal was his team-leading 23rd.¡°We had our two best practices consecutively. And we¡¯ve played well these last two games here,¡± Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. ¡°We just have to keep doing it every day. That¡¯s been the biggest challenge with our group, is being good every day.¡±Radek Faksa pulled Dallas even at 1-1 in the second period when he put a wrist shot over Niemi¡¯s glove on a pass from Valeri Nichushkin, who has six assists but is still without a goal in 31 games. Bishop had 35 saves for Dallas.NOTES: It was the 20th consecutive time the Stars have played at home on New Year¡¯s Eve. They are 12-6-2 in those games. It was Montreal¡¯s second New Year¡¯s Eve trip to Dallas. The previous visit was a 1-1 tie in 2003. ¡­ Stars D Connor Carrick played for the first time since Oct. 28. He¡¯s been out with a foot injury. ¡­ Canadiens C Andrew Shaw didn¡¯t return after the first period because of an upper-body injury.UP NEXTCanadiens: Opener of three-game homestand Thursday against Vancouver.Stars: New Jersey at home Wednesday.