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Binnington earned his first shutout of the
season and the sixth of his career.
Zach Sanford had a career-high four points with a goal and three
assists. Oskar Sundqvist scored twice for the Blues, and David
Perron and Vince Dunn also scored.
David Rittich made 26 saves for the Flames.
The Blues are 9-1-2 in their last 12 games. They have suffered
just four regulation losses in 23 games.
The Flames' winless streak reached six games (0-5-1). They are
4-9-1 on the road this season.
The Blues started their onslaught in the first period when
Robert Thomas made two spin moves, then fed Sanford in the slot
for his one-time blast.
Sundqvist made it 2-0, converting Sanford's outlet pass into a
breakaway goal 6:23 into the second period. Perron's power-play
goal, on a one-time blast from the left circle, pushed the lead
to 3-0 about 3 1/2 minutes later.
Sundqvist struck again to make it 4-0 just 2:31 into the third
period. Thomas pestered Rittich behind the net, Sanford fished
the puck free and centered the puck to Sundqvist -- who had
plenty of empty net to shoot at.
Sammy Blais (wrist surgery) joined Vladimir Tarasenko (shoulder
surgery) and Alexander Steen (sprained ankle) on the injured
list on Thursday. The Blues signed free-agent forward Troy
Brouwer -- whose previous stops included the Blues and Flames --
but he was unable to play Thursday due to visa issues.
So Jacob de la Rose drew a chance into the lineup.
The Flames were missing defensemen T.J. Brodie (medical
incident), Travis Hamonic (lower body) and forward Sam Bennett
(upper body). As a result, Brandon Davidson and Zac Rinaldo have
seen their first duty for the Flames this season, and the team
also called up forward Tobias Rieder and defenseman Alexander
Yelesin from Stockton yesterday.
Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane left the game in the second
period after absorbing a big hit from Dunn.
--Field Level Media
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