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Blues Blast Rangers

Jordan Kyrou had his third career hat trick, Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, and the St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday night.

 

Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis.

 

Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck scored for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin stopped 15 shots.

 

The Blues have gone 8-4-0 since Drew Bannister became interim coach, replacing Craig Berube.

 

The Rangers have lost three straight (0-2-1) for the first time all season. New York has won just two of its last seven games and is 8-8-1 in its last 17 games after starting the season 18-4-1.

 

Binnington continued his trend of solid starts since Christmas. He is 4-1-0 and has won three consecutive starts.

 

Kyrou completed his hat trick when he scored unassisted at 7:01 of the third period. He picked up a cross-ice pass from Zac Jones and scored on a breakaway.

 

Kyrou previous hat tricks came last March 11 at Columbus and on Dec. 19, 2022, at Vancouver.

 

The Blues host Boston on Saturday night.

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