NHL-Highlights of Sunday's NHL games

Nov 23 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Hockey League games. - - - Ducks 2, Coyotes 1 The Anaheim Ducks fended off a third-period surge to beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1. Kyle Palmieri and Patrick Maroon scored for the Ducks (13-4-5), while defenseman Keith Yandle scored the Coyotes' lone goal in the third where Arizona (9-11-2) fired off 17 shots. - - - Canucks 4, Blackhawks 1 Jannik Hansen scored three goals and rookie center Bo Horvat collected the first three assists of his career as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. Hansen, who has seven goals this season, has scored in three consecutive games. Derek Dorsett also had two assists. The win improves Vancouver's record to 14-6-1. Chicago's loss snaps a three-game win streak and leaves them at 12-8-1. - - - Blues 4, Jets 2 Ryan Reaves scored the game-winning goal early in the third period as the St. Louis Blues (14-6-1) downed the Winnipeg Jets 4-2. Reaves picked up a rebound off a shot from Steve Ott, spun and fired the puck past Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec at 2:25 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie. The Jets (10-9-3) suffered their second straight loss on home ice, getting goals from Bryan Little and Jim Slater. - - - Rangers 5, Canadiens 0 Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots as the New York Rangers easily handled the Montreal Canadiens 5-0. The shutout was the 54th of Lundqvist's career and second straight for the Rangers -- backup Cam Talbot made 31 saves in a 2-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. Five different players scored for New York (9-7-4), including Rick Nash, who netted his 14th goal of the season. The league-leading Canadiens (16-5-1), who have 33 points in 23 games, had won eight of nine entering this game. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)