ST. LOUIS — There are a lot of ways for a team to get a win in the face of a prolonged series of losses and subpar play, and the simplest is the road the Blues took on Monday: Have a goalie play a great game.
The Blues overall game was by no means a perfect one, especially in the second period where Vancouver had 17 shots on goal, but Ville Husso kept them off the board until the Blues could claim a 3-0 lead on their way to a 4-1 win over the Canucks and which, in the case of constant flux the Central Division is in, bumped the Blues into third place, one point ahead of idle Nashville, which has played one more game than the Blues.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, both in the third period, and Marco Scandella and David Perron once for the Blues, who had lost two in a row and five of their previous six. Both teams now head to British Columbia for a rematch on Wednesday night. Tarasenko's empty-net goal with 2:13 to go in the game, was his 500th point with the Blues.
