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Mikko Rantanen and J.T. Compher had a goal and
an assist for the Avalanche, who are 17-1-2 in their past 20
games. Brandon Saad and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored and
Liam O'Brien recorded two assists.
Mike Hoffman had two goals and an assist for the Blues, who had
their three-game winning streak snapped. Vince Dunn also scored
and Jordan Binnington stopped 24 of 28 shots.
The West Division-leading Avalanche are 4-1-0 against the
fourth-place Blues this season.
Bellemare put the Avalanche up 1-0 midway through the first
period. O'Brien dropped the puck to Bellemare at the right dot
for a one-timer past Binnington's glove.
The Blues tied the game on the power-play with 4:40 left in the
period. Dunn broke from the point to the slot to redirect Tyler
Bozak's slap pass past Dubnyk.
The Avalanche pinned the Blues in their own zone to start the
second period. That pressure paid off when O'Brien deflected a
shot off the inside of the left post, then Compher reached in
behind Binnington to tap in the loose the puck at 2:52.
Just 2:25 later, Rantanen pushed the lead to 3-1 with a
power-play goal. He hammered a one-time shot through Gabriel
Landeskog's screen as the Avalanche seized control of the game.
The Avalanche made it 4-1 when Tyson Jost circled the net and
found Saad cutting unattended into the slot at 11:17 of the
middle period.
The Blues cut the deficit to 4-2 at 5:55 of the third period
when Hoffman banked the puck off Dubnyk's back and into the net.
Hoffman pulled the Blues within a goal by scoring on the power
play with a one-time blast from the right dot with 3:16 to play.
The Blues applied steady pressure after pulling Binnington for
an extra attacker, but they failed to tie the game.
--Field Level Media
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