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Justus Annunen made 30 saves to earn the
victory.
Nathan Walker had a goal and an assist for the Blues (36-30-3,
75 points), whose four-game winning streak ended.
Alexey Toropchenko and Brayden Schenn also scored for St. Louis,
Justin Faulk had two assists and Jordan Binnington made 31
saves.
Rantanen scored 6:36 into the game to put Colorado up 1-0.
Nathan MacKinnon extended his point streak to 16 games by
rushing the puck up the left wing and setting up Rantanen, who
was breaking into the slot.
The Blues tied the game less than 2 1/2 minutes later. Scott
Perunovich circled behind the net and located Walker coming off
the bench. Walker stepped through the left circle unchecked and
snapped a shot past Annunen.
St. Louis moved ahead 2-1 4:44 into the second period when Faulk
fired a shot from the right point into traffic, and Toropchenko
pushed the puck through Annunen while driving the net.
Mittelstadt tied the game less than two minutes later by winning
a faceoff, then going to the net to convert a pass from Samuel
Girard.
The Blues answered with 8:43 gone in the second when Schenn
scored from the left wing off a 2-on-1 break with Jake
Neighbours.
But Colorado tied the game 3-3 with a power-play goal. Rantanen
parked in the slot and redirected Drouin's pass into the net.
Rantanen struck again at the 4:15 mark of the third period to
put the Avalanche ahead. Nichushkin stole the puck in the Blues'
zone and set up Rantanen in the slot. It was the seventh hat
trick of his career and his first of the season.
The Blues pulled Binnington for an extra attacker and put
Annunen under duress with a final-minute flurry, but they failed
to tie the game.
--Field Level Media
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