ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko asserted that the St. Louis Blues were a better team than the one that had dropped seven of its first nine games following a 7-4 loss Thursday against the Columbus Blue JacketsTarasenko followed up Saturday night by scoring two goals Authentic Todd Gurley Jersey , and Ryan O’Reilly and Zach Sanford each had three points as the Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 to snap a two-game skid.“This is really emotional for us,” Tarasenko said. “Everyone understands how important this game was.”Tyler Bozak converted a pass from Oskar Sundqvist for his second goal of the season to put St. Louis up 4-2.Jake Allen stopped 16 of 19 shots before exiting with 1:01 remaining in the second period after Sanford collided with him, shoving him into his own net. Chad Johnson entered in relief and stopped all five shots he faced.Allen improved to 3-2-3 this season. Blues coach Mike Yeo did not have an update on Allen’s status after the game.Corey Crawford allowed six goals on 36 shots and fell to 3-2-0.“Obviously, they were disappointed with what’s gone on here and they had a good response,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “We were still right in the hockey game, though. Had some decent looks there in the third when we had the puck in our end. We had some good looks Todd Gurley Jersey Elite , but we gave up too much around our net.”Patrick Kane scored a pair of goals and added an assist to give him 59 points in 60 career regular-season games against St. Louis. His second goal of the game came when he took a pass from Artem Anisimov to cut Chicago’s deficit to 4-3 and push himself into the NHL lead with 11 goals on the season.Tarasenko put the Blues ahead for good in the second when he scored his third of the season with Erik Gustafsson in the penalty box to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead.Tarasenko added some insurance when he pushed an Alex Pietrangelo rebound past Crawford for his fourth of the season. Tarasenko has three goals in his last two games after going scoreless in his previous six.St. Louis added goals from Pietrangelo and Alexander Steen late in the third period to outscore Chicago 3-0 in the final stanza. It marks the first time St. Louis has held its opponent scoreless in the third period this season.“We just want to stay aggressive, that’s aggressive defensively, aggressive offensively,” Yeo said. “We’ve been pressing for wins, and with that it’s kind of human nature that mentally you kind of get scared to lose if things aren’t going bad.”Sanford put St. Louis ahead 2-1 when he scored his third goal in just his fifth game since being recalled from the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage on Oct. 15 for his first NHL action since the 2016-2017 season. He added a pair of assists to give him his first career three-point game.“I got a great opportunity, and I think I’ve done a pretty good job of taking advantage of it http://www.losangelesramsteamonline.com/todd-gurley-ii-jersey ,” Sanford said. “My linemates have been a great help, the whole team as well.”O’Reilly opened the scoring for St. Louis just 18 seconds into the game with his third goal of the season.Kane followed with his first of the game 3:29 later to tie it 1-all.NOTES: O’Reilly extended his point streak to five games (three goals, six assists). … D Jay Bouwmeester had an assist to give him 400 career points, and 100 with the Blues. … Kane also extended his point streak to five games (six goals, three assists). … Chicago lost its first Saturday game after starting the season 3-0-0.UP NEXTBlackhawks: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.Blues: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. WASHINGTON (AP) — After four days off — three without practice — the Washington Capitals shook off some expected rust Thursday night in one of their most balanced performances of the season.T.J. Oshie scored his 11th goal of the season on the power play, John Carlson had an empty-netter Authentic Cooper Kupp Jersey , and Chandler Stephenson scored at even strength in the Capitals’ 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.“It’s a little bit of everything for sure,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said of the Metropolitan Division leaders’ third straight victory, and 15th in 18 games. “It’s important to find different ways to score and not be one dimensional.”Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots in front of a penalty kill that shut down all four Hurricanes power plays, the last coming on a high-sticking minor on Michal Kempny with 3:46 remaining.Washington’s only sour spot came midway through the third period, when Matt Niskanen slammed face-first into the boards after tangling with Carolina’s Justin Williams and Clark Bishop.Niskanen exited under his own power but did not return, and no boarding penalty was awarded. Less than a minute later Cooper Kupp Jersey Elite , Sebastian Aho scored his team-leading 15th goal in the third period for the Hurricanes to cut it to 2-1.Carolina was without a power-play goal for a fifth consecutive game (18 total chances) and took its third loss in four games.“We got going, that’s all,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said of the third period. “We started to play, and we got one and we got back in the game. And then nothing on the power play at the end. That’s definitely been the Achilles heel all year.”Petr Mrazek made 30 stops for Carolina, which was outshot 33-29 after entering Thursday averaging a league-best plus-9.6 shot differential.Washington went ahead on the first shot of the second. Pressure from Travis Boyd and Devante Smith-Pelly forced a turnover in Carolina’s defensive end about 3 1/2 minutes in, and Stephenson was first to the puck. He put a shot into the top-right corner to beat Mrazek’s glove for his second goal in three games.Oshie made it 2-0 with 1:44 left in the period on Washington’s fourth power play http://www.losangelesramsteamonline.com/cooper-kupp-jersey , finding space in front of Mrazek to redirect Carlson’s shot from the top of the zone. It was the Capitals’ first goal on the man advantage in five games.“When you can’t find a way to score when you have that much level of talent on a unit, you sometimes have to simplify things,” Oshie said. “John made a great play. Shot to an area where I could tip. You just try to get a stick on it.”Aho scored when he pounced on a rebound following Holtby’s save of Micheal Ferland’s breakaway.Holtby and his defense absorbed Carolina’s late pressure in the final minutes before Carlson sealed it from his own end with 50 seconds remaining after Nicklas Backstrom’s faceoff win.“I think there was parts of the game where you just need to survive and get through,” Carlson said.NOTES: Rierden said after the game he had yet to speak with his athletic training staff about Niskanen and could not provide an update. … Carlson added his 31st assist. … Capitals D Brooks Orpik missed his 26th game (knee) despite participating in Thursday’s morning skate. … Hurricanes D Haydn Fleury (concussion) missed a sixth consecutive game despite also participating in the morning skate.UP NEXTHurricanes: Wrap a two-game trip Saturday at New Jersey.Capitals: Visit Ottawa on Saturday.
