The St Louis Blues kept pace with their competition in the Central Division and Western Conference Thursday night with a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Magnus Paajarvi struck twice and Alex Pietrangelo and Kyle Brodziak scored for the 
Bloues.
“We’ll figure out what happens after 82 [games] and go from there,” Blues goalie Jake Allen said. “We’ve got a good thing going and hopefully we can keep it going. … Once 82 is done April 9, we’ll see where we are.”
Jake Allen made 27 saves in the win as the Blues improved to 40-28-5.
“We need a lot of guys to step up, and obviously we got that from Jake, we got that from some of our top guys, and then you look at what [Paajarvi] did and other guys did as far as raising their game, and getting the goals is part of it,” Blues coach Mike Yeo said. “… I thought we had a collective group effort that guys were ready to step up tonight.”
Henrik Sedin scored the lone Canucks goal.
“I thought we played OK,” Sedin said. “We didn’t play our best game. They’ve got a good team and [are] playing well right now. Going into the third being down one, that’s a good spot to be on the road.”
The Blues are tied for third place in the Central Division with the Nashville Predators.
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Ryan Miller made 30 saves in taking the loss as the Canucks dropped to 29-35-9.
“We’re finding ways to win. We’re going to need more of that this time of year. We’re not really looking at the streaks that we’re on. We’re just kind of playing every game taking it day by day,” Pietrangelo said after the win.
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