<p>ST. LOUIS — Ryan O’Reilly had a hat trick to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.</p>
<p>Mike Hoffman and Ivan Barbashev also scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington made 28 saves as the Blues snapped a three-game skid. St. Louis had lost five straight against the Avalanche since winning at Colorado on Jan. 13 in the season opener for both teams.</p>
<p>Nathan MacKinnon scored a pair of goals and Cale Makar also scored for Colorado. Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves as the Avalanche lost for just the second time in regulation since March 8, snapping a five-game winning streak.</p>
<p>O’Reilly found the empty net for his third goal of the game and 20th of the season with 1:35 remaining. It was O’Reilly’s second hat trick of the season and third of his career, all with St. Louis.</p>
<p>Hoffman put the Blues ahead when he scored his 14th goal of the season on a two-man advantage with 8:41 remaining in the third period.</p>
<p>Colorado had an early two-man advantage after Brayden Schenn took a high-sticking penalty 31 seconds into the game and Robert Bortuzzo was sent off 23 seconds later for roughing on a hit on Gabriel Landeskog.</p>
<p>Makar scored during the 5-on-3. MacKinnon followed at 3:01 with his first goal of the game.</p>
<p>O’Reilly scored his 18th and 19th goals of the season in the first period to tie it. O’Reilly’s first goal was his 600th career point.</p>
<p>Barbashev put St. Louis on top 3-2 when he scored on his own rebound for his fourth goal of the season with 2:12 remaining in the opening period.</p>
<p>MacKinnon tied the game with his 19th goal of the season on a power play 8:10 into the second period.</p>
<p>GRUBAUER CLOSER</p>
<p>Avalanche G Philipp Grubauer was removed from the COVID-19 list Friday. He was scratched from the lineup Saturday. Jonas Johansson dressed as Dubnyk’s backup. </p>
<p>BLUE NOTES</p>
<p>St. Louis dressed seven defensemen and 11 forwards. … D Colton Parayko left the game with an upper-body injury in the first period and D Vince Dunn did not return after heading to the locker room with an undisclosed injury in the third period.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>St. Louis hosts Colorado again Monday night in a makeup of a contest originally scheduled for April 20 that was postponed due to COVID-19. It will be the third straight meeting between the teams.</p>
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