ST. PAUL, Minn. — The St. Louis Blues tied their record with their 10th straight win, including third consecutive shutout, 4-0 against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday.
St. Louis also won 10 in a row from Jan. 3-23, 2002, and tied the Buffalo Sabres (Nov. 8-27) for the longest winning streak in the NHL this season. The Blues’ three consecutive shutouts is their longest since they had four straight shutouts from March 19-26, 2016.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists to extend his point streak to 12 games for St. Louis (31-22-5), which is in third place in the Central Division, six points behind the Nashville Predators.
Jordan Binnington made 31 saves for his eighth straight win, passing Brent Johnson for the longest by a rookie in Blues history. Binnington has a .949 save percentage and three shutouts during his winning streak.
Video: STL@MIN: Binnington toe drags puck with his stick
Alex Stalock made 26 saves for Minnesota (27-26-6), which has lost eight of its past nine games (1-5-3) and leads the Vancouver Canucks by one point for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Tarasenko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal off a cross-ice pass from Ryan O’Reilly at 5:08 of the first period. He has 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) in his point streak.
O’Reilly made it 2-0 with another power-play goal at 19:30, taking a cross-ice pass and beating a screened Stalock. Tarasenko had the primary assist on the play for his 400th NHL point.
Vince Dunn extended the lead 3-0 at 7:27 of the second period, converting off a 3-on-1 from the high slot, and Brayden Schenn made it 4-0 at 12:06 when his backhand on a 2-on-1 deflected in off a diving Nick Seeler.
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