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ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues are coming off arguably their most impressive win of the season Friday night.The big question is can they build on it when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon.Goalie Jake Allen starred in the 1-0 win at Winnipeg on Friday Womens Patrice Bergeron Jersey , stopping all 26 shots in career shutout No. 17, which moved him past Glenn Hall for third-most shutouts in franchise history.Article continues below ...“It’s pretty cool,” Allen told NHL.com last season after tying Hall with 16 shutouts. “I think it was a lot harder for Glenn to get shutouts back in the day than it is for us now. But I’ll take it. It’s pretty cool to have that under my belt and hopefully I’ll get a lot more over the years.”It was Allen’s first shutout since Dec. 7, 2017, a 3-0 win over Dallas.Defenseman Colton Parayko scored the lone goal in a game that played out much differently than the last time the Blues faced the Jets. The game resulted in an 8-4 Jets victory at Enterprise Center in which Patrik Laine scored five goals.“It’s something we definitely want to take pride in is being a good defensive group, and we weren’t happy with what happened at home last game, obviously,” Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo told NHL.com. “Guys stepped up and made hard plays in hard areas and tried to take a lot of their shooting areas away.”While blanking the Jets on the road is impressive, the Blues have been down this road before this season but have failed each time to back up an impressive result with another.The last time the Blues won consecutive games was Nov. 6 against Carolina and Nov. 9 against San Jose. The Blues have yet to win three straight this season. After their last three wins Youth Brandon Carlo Jersey , they lost by scores of 6-1, 8-4 and 4-0.“You don’t just talk about a win,” Blues interim coach Craig Berube told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It’s a process. We’ve got to come out and have the same mindset. You’ve got to come out and play hard and compete hard and do things right.”This is the first meeting between the Blues and Canucks this season. St. Louis has won the last five games against Vancouver dating to Oct. 18, 2016.But Vancouver is coming off of a 5-3 win over Nashville on Thursday, snapping a four-game skid.“I think we played good some games that we lost,” Canucks center Elias Pettersson told NHL.com. “It’s good to finally be rewarded, get some bounces with us. We played really good today. This is what it’s going to take from us to be successful. Hopefully, we can build on this.”Pettersson scored on a penalty shot and right winger Jake Virtanen and center Bo Horvat each had a goal and an assist in the Canucks’ win.“It was a highly skilled move by a highly skilled player,” Horvat told NHL.com of Pettersson’s penalty shot. “It was a huge goal for us at the time Karl Alzner Jersey Womens , especially towards the end of the period. You expect him to do those kind of things and it’s nice to see that go in for him.” PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins gained a measure of revenge against a rival that ended their season last spring.Kris Letang scored his second goal 1:20 into overtime and the Penguins opened theseason with a 7-6 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals on Thursday night.“I think we wanted to respond to last season,” Letang said. “I don’t think it mattered if it was (Washington) or another team.”Letang beat goalie Braden Holtby with a slap shot from the point on a power play. Letang finished with three points, tying Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for the most by a defenseman in team history with 440.“I always looked up to him,” Letang said. “It’s pretty cool to have your name next to his.”Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes the three-point opener will give Letang confidence moving forward.“I thought he had a really solid night,” Sullivan said. “He plays big minutes and in all of the situations for us. I’m happy for him because I know how hard he works.”Jake Guentzel also scored twice, Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, and Derick Brassard and Jamie Oleksiak added goals in Pittsburgh’s opener. Matt Murray made 30 saves.T.J. Oshie scored twice for Stanley Cup champion Washington, coming off a 7-0 home victory over Boston on Wednesday night in the Capitals’ opener.Alex Ovechkin had his second of the season and 609th overall, passing Dino Ciccarelli for 18th on the NHL list. Brooks Orpik scored his first goal in 182 regular-season games. Jakub Vrana and John Carlson also scored. Holtby made 34 saves.The Capitals met the Penguins for the first time since eliminating Pittsburgh in six games during the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The winner of Pittsburgh and Washington’s second- round series the past three playoffs has gone on to win the Stanley Cup Joel Armia Jersey Womens , including the Capitals’ first-ever championship last season. During the previous three seasons, the Penguins and Capitals met 32 times in the regular season and playoffs with 16 of those 32 games decided by one goal.The Capitals return 20 of 22 players who won the Stanley Cup, while Pittsburgh seeks its third championship in four seasons with a lineup largely unchanged from last season.“Both of these teams have so much firepower throughout the whole lineup,” Oshie said. “When you get a sloppy game, guys making misreads defensively, turning the puck over at the wrong time, each team is going to make you pay.”Malkin scored 2:45 into the third period, putting Pittsburgh ahead by two, but Oshie tied it at 6 with goals 21 seconds apart.“It was not a pretty game Torey Krug Jersey ,” Letang said. “It was ugly. It was that type of game.”Five of the first seven shots were goals as the Capitals held a 3-2 lead eight minutes into the game.Both teams scored in the first four minutes of the second, but Pittsburgh closed the period with goals from Guentzel and Brassard scored less than two minutes apart, giving the Penguins a one-goal lead going into the third.“It was hard to get momentum in this game,” Letang said. “The first one is never pretty. We got it out of the way and obviously it’s good that we got the two points.”NOTES: This is the second time in the past three years Pittsburgh opened its season with Washington. Pittsburgh is 6-0 against Washington in season openers. … D Jack Johnson played his first game for Pittsburgh after signing as a free agent for five years and $16.25 million on July 1. .. Ovechkin is one goal behind Bobby Hull for 17th. … Orpik’s last regular-season goal came Feb. 26, 2016, against Minnesota.UP NEXTCapitals: Host Vegas on Wednesday night.Penguins: Host Montreal on Saturday night.