<p>ST. LOUIS — Jaden Schwartz and Ryan O’Reilly each scored twice as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 9-1 on Friday night.</p>
<p>Justin Faulk and Sammy Blais each had a goal and two assists, and Zach Sanford, Jake Walman and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Blues, who posted a season high for goals in a game.</p>
<p>Jordan Binnington made 23 saves as St. Louis won its second straight game.</p>
<p>Zach Parise scored and Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves for the Wild, who allowed a season high in goals for a game. Minnesota has given up 17 goals in its last three games.</p>
<p>The Blues took control with a season-high four goals in the opening period.</p>
<p>Sanford gave the Blues the lead just 92 seconds into the game. It was just the 14th time this season that St. Louis scored first and it improved to 8-1-5 when taking an early lead.</p>
<p>Schwartz made it 2-0 Blues at 5:59 of the first, ending a 17-game scoring drought.</p>
<p>Parise got the Wild on the board 34 seconds later off a rebound from a shot by Carson Soucy. It was his first goal in 14 games.</p>
<p>Schwartz scored his second of the game with 4:37 left in the first as Brayden Schenn found him unmarked in the slot.</p>
<p>Blais made it 4-1 about 90 seconds later with a one-timer off Faulk’s feed from behind the net.</p>
<p>O’Reilly effectively put it away with two early goals in the second period, including an unassisted short-handed score a few minutes later that made it 6-1.</p>
<p>POWERING UP</p>
<p>The Wild had their streak of four straight games with a power-play goal snapped after going 0 for 2 with the man advantage. Minnesota entered the game second in the NHL with the man advantage since March 10, going 27 percent (13 for 48) in that span.</p>
<p>TAKING A SEAT</p>
<p>Blues F Mike Hoffman and D Robert Bortuzzo were healthy scratches for the second consecutive game. Hoffman, who signed a one-year, $4 million contract at the start of the season, has been scratched in three of the team’s last six games fueling speculation that he could be moved before the trade deadline.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>.The teams play again twice in the next three days — back at Enterprise Center on Saturday night and at Minnesota on Monday night.</p>
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