Jaden Schwartz scored twice and Jake Allen made 21 saves to help the Blues continue their mastery over the Arizona Coyotes with a 4-1 win.

 

St. Louis has won 10 straight games against Arizona, outscoring the Coyotes 42-13 in that time. The Blues have won 10 of their last 12 overall and trail Nashville by a point for third place in the Central Division.

 

Arizona has lost six of its last seven. The teams meet again Wednesday in Phoenix.

 

Schwartz has four goals in his last four games after scoring just once - an empty net tally - in a 25-game stretch from Jan. 21 to March 18.

 

Alex Pietrangelo and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for St. Louis, which is 16-1-1 against Arizona since 2011-12. Alexander Steen added four assists.

 

Schwartz and linemates Steen and Tarasenko racked up 10 points in the contest.

 

Allen improved to 7-0 lifetime against Arizona. He has won eight of his last 10 starts, allowing just 13 goals.

 

Arizona goalie Mike Smith stopped 24 shots.

 

Schwartz converted from close range off a pass from behind the net by Steen midway through the second period for a 1-0 lead.

 

Schwartz, backhanded a shot past Smith midway through the third period to push the lead to 3-1.

 

Pietrangelo tied a career high with his 12th goal of the season. Tarasenko scored his team-high 35th goal with 1:49 left.

 

The Blues managed just five shots on goal in a scoreless first period but broke loose with two goals midway through the second period.

 

The Blues begin a two-game road swing in Phoenix on Wednesday night.

 

>>Lightning Storm Back, Beat Blackhawks in OT

 

Yanni Gourde had a breakaway goal 4:25 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Monday night.

 

Victor Hedman set up the winner with his third assist of the game.

 

Tampa Bay, which trails Boston by a point for the second Eastern Conference wild card, also got two goals from Jonathan Drouin. Ondrej Palat and Anton Stralman also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy, who got pulled 14 minutes into the first after allowing three goals on eight shots, returned to the start the second and finished with 25 saves.

 

Artemi Panarin, Patrick Kane, Tomas Jurco and Richard Panik scored for the Western Conference-leading Blackhawks, who were coming off a 7-0 loss Saturday night at Florida. Scott Darling stopped 25 shots.

 

After the Blackhawks went up 4-1 midway through the second on Panik's goal, Tampa Bay tied it at 4 on Drouin's goals and one by Stralman in a 4:39 span.

 

Palat and Drouin's second goal came on power plays after Chicago was penalized for delay of game after shooting the puck over the glass.

 

The Blackhawks have the 24th ranked short-handed unit in the NHL.

 

Nikita Kucherov had two assists to set a Tampa Bay record for points in a single month with 22. The right wing has four assists and 11 points during a five-game point streak.

 

The Blackhawks complete a three-game trip Wednesday night at Pittsburgh.