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Blues Blast Coyotes

Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and two assists, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-1 on Monday night.

 

Ivan Barbashev and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who snapped a four-game losing streak at home to Arizona. Ville Husso made 21 saves as St. Louis won for the fourth time in its last five games (4-0-1).

 

Tarasenko has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his last 13 games and has a team-high six game-winning goals.

 

Nick Schmaltz scored in the third period and Ivan Prosvetov made 24 saves for the Coyotes, who lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

 

St. Louis took control with three goals in a four-minute span early in the second period.

Barbashev gave the Blues the lead at the 2:17 mark. He started the sequence by getting his glove on a Coyotes' clearing attempt and keeping it in the zone before scoring off the rebound of a shot by Calle Rosen.

 

Tarasenko made it 2-0 just 77 seconds later, burying a one-timer from Robert Thomas' feed from behind the Coyotes' net.

 

Schenn's power-play goal at 6:33 gave St. Louis a 3-0 advantage. The tally clinched the sixth 20-goal season in Schenn's career.

 

Buchnevich extended the Blues' lead with a short-handed goal with 5:21 left in the second, set up after Ryan O'Reilly forced a turnover at center ice.

 

Husso capped the dominant period with a glove save on Michael Carcone's breakaway in the final seconds of the second.

 

Prosvetov, playing in just his third game this season and first since January 14, stopped all 10 shots in a scoreless first period including a pair of nifty pad saves on point-blank chances by Colton Parayko and Schenn.

 

The Blues host Seattle on Wednesday night.

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