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12/11 21:47 CST Stamkos scores 4 goals as Predators beat Blues 7-2 for 4th win
in 5 games
Stamkos scores 4 goals as Predators beat Blues 7-2 for 4th win in 5 games
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Steven Stamkos scored four goals and the Nashville
Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 7-2 on Thursday night for their fourth win
in five games.
Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly and Michael Bunting also scored for Nashville.
Luke Evangelista had three assists, and Roman Josi, Matthew Wood, Nick
Blankenburg and Fedor Svechkov each had two. Juuse Saros finished with 24 saves.
Robert Thomas and Hugh McGing scored for St. Louis, and Philip Broberg had two
assists. Jordan Binnington had 19 saves through two periods, and Joel Hofer had
six in the third.
Stamkos gave the Predators a 1-0 lead 8:22 into the game, batting the rebound
of his own shot out of the air and past Binnington.
Stamkos doubled the lead with 8:41 left in the opening period, knocking in the
rebound of a shot through traffic by Roman Josi.
McGing got the Blues on the scoreboard 4:17 into the second with his first NHL
goal. Broberg sent a centering pass from the right corner that Robby Fabbri
tapped over to McGing in the right circle, and the 27-year-old --- playing in
his seventh career game --- put it past Saros for his first point.
O'Reilly restored Nashville's two-goal lead at 8:38 with a shot from the inside
edge of the left circle for his 10th of the season.
Forsberg pushed the lead to 4-1 with 8:17 left in the second. After a backhand
deke he lifted a forehand shot over Binnington's left pad for his 11th.
Stamkos made it 5-1 just 23 seconds later with his 15th career hat trick as his
pass for Matthew Wood deflected off Blues defenseman Justin Faulk and past
Binnington.
Thomas pulled the Blues within three with 6:04 left in the second, but Stamkos
capped off his big night with his 12th of the season about 90 seconds later
with a backhander past Binnington. It was Stamkos' second career four-goal
game, first since Dec. 14, 2023, at Edmonton while playing for Tampa Bay.
Bunting capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 7:36 of the third.
Up next Blues: Host Chicago on Friday night. Predators: At Colorado on Saturday night. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
