Blues snap 7 game winless streak with 3-1 win over Vegas

<p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Jordan Binnington made 45 saves to help the St. Louis Blues snap a seven-game skid a 3-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. </p>
<p>Vladimir Tarasenko, Sammy Blais, and Jake Walman scored to help St. Louis end an 0-6-1 stretch. It also gave the Blues their first home victory since an overtime win Feb. 18 against San Jose. </p>
<p>The 45 saves were a season high for Binnington, bettering the 42 he had at Vegas on Jan. 24 in the Blues’ 5-4 overtime win.</p>
<p>Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves while losing his third straight start.</p>
<p>Tarasenko scored his third goal of the season 48 seconds into the contest to give St. Louis an early lead.</p>
<p>Blais scored 7:21 into the first when he roofed a feed from David Perron over Fleury’s glove for his fourth goal of the season to make it 2-0. Blais had been a healthy scratch for St. Louis’ previous three contests. </p>
<p>Walman scored his first NHL goal to add some insurance when he one-timed a rebound from Jordan Kyrou past Fleury with 6:27 remaining in regulation to make it 3-0. </p>
<p>Nicoals Roy spoiled Binnington’s bid for his ninth career shutout when he scored his second goal of the season with 4:16 to go.</p>
<p>FIGHT NIGHT:</p>
<p>Kyle Clifford and Ryan Reaves dropped the gloves midway through the first period. It was Clifford’s team-leading fourth fight of the season. </p>
<p>SCRATCHED: </p>
<p>Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo was a healthy scratch for the first time this season and forward Mike Hoffman was a healthy scratch for the second time in five games. </p>
<p>LINEUP ROULETTE: </p>
<p>Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson returned to the lineup after missing Vegas’ last three games with an upper body injury. Defenseman Alec Martinez was a late scratch and did not take the ice for warmups after scoring two goals Monday night. Vegas played one skater, short dressing 12 forwards and five defensemen. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Golden Knights: Host Arizona on Friday night. </p>
<p>Blues: Host Minnesota on Friday night. </p>
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