In St Louis, the Blues used a two-goal first period to help them to defeat the visiting Montreal Canadiens, 4-1.
Jordan Binnington got his second start for the Blues and made 28 saves to his second win in the NHL.
Jordan Binnington got his second win with 28 saves against Habs – file photo courtesy of Lewis Bleiman
“I’m happy with that one,” Binnington said. “It’s my first start at home. I’m pretty excited about that. It was an exciting game, entertaining. We’re happy with that outcome.”
Four different skaters struck for the Blues including Oskar Sundqvist,Jay Bouwmeester, Robert Thomas, and Sammy Blais.
Thomas left the game with an apparent upper-body injury.
The Blues inched closer to .500 with an 18-20-4 record.
Brendan Gallagher scored the lone goal for the Habs.
“Win one, lose one isn’t good enough anymore. I think it’s important to collect points every single night and to be in games. Tonight, it’s disappointing because we really weren’t in it at any point. We were playing from behind and we didn’t have a strong enough push to get back in it and got the result we deserved,” Gallagher lamented.
The Canadiens dropped to 23-17-5.
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Carey Price made 26 saves in the loss.
“Basically, we gave it to them,” the Canadiens’ Phillip Danault said. “We were flat-footed. We didn’t use our speed, our strength and they capitalized more than we did.
“I don’t think it’s acceptable for our team because we’re battling for a playoff spot, but we’re going to look at it and it’s tough to swallow that one.”
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