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Kings Hold Off Blues

Alex Iafallo and Andreas Athanasiou scored in the second period to send the Los Angeles Kings past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

 

Cal Petersen made 35 saves, improving to 3-0-1 in his last four starts.

 

Oskar Sundqvist scored late in the third for the Blues, who fell to 1-5-1 in their last seven home games.

 

Binnington made his fifth consecutive start and sixth in the team's last seven games. He stopped 19 shots in falling to 8-6-2.

 

St. Louis was unable to score with a 6-on-5 skating advantage for 3:25 on a delayed penalty in the third.

 

St. Louis D Carl Gunnarsson will miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury. He is the fifth Blues player on injured reserve. Gunnarsson got hurt Monday in a puck battle with Kings forward Gabriel Vilardi along the boards behind the net. 

 

Ivan Barbashev had surgery on his left ankle and will be re-evaluated in six weeks. The Blues remain without F Jaden Schwartz (lower body) and D Colton Parayko (back). This was the sixth game Schwartz has missed and the fourth for Parayko.

 

The Blues play Saturday night at San Jose.

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