ST. LOUIS (AP) It had been a year and two days since Patrik Berglund turned in a multi-goal game for the St. Louis Blues. He delivered Friday night when his team really needed it.Berglund scored twice and the surging Blues overcame a season-ending injury to defenseman Carl Gunnarsson Tyler Ennis Jersey Womens , beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 for their fourth consecutive victory.The Blues (41-28-5) moved within a point of idle Colorado for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Both teams have played 74 games.”It feels really good to score goals always, but at this time of year it doesn’t matter who scores, we just need all the points that we can get here to get into the playoffs,” Berglund said.St. Louis played most of the game with just five defensemen after Gunnarsson exited in the first period. He will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.Vladimir Tarasenko and Dmitrij Jaskin also scored for St. Louis. Jake Allen made 19 saves in his eighth straight start as the Blues won for the sixth time in seven games.Sam Gagner scored for Vancouver, which has lost eight of nine. Anders Nilsson stopped 21 shots.The Blues swept the season series and have won their last five games against the Canucks.Tarasenko extended the lead to 3-1 just 14 seconds into the third period, slipping Jaden Schwartz’s pass between Nilsson’s legs. Tarasenko missed the previous two games with an upper-body injury.”Of course, it’s easier to play when it’s 3-1, but you’ve still got like 19 minutes to play and I think we played a really good third period Tim Heed Jersey ,” Tarasenko said.Jaskin’s sixth goal of the season with 2:29 left sealed it for St. Louis.Berglund gave the Blues a 1-0 lead 40 seconds into the game, beating Nilsson with a backhand over his right shoulder. It was Berglund’s second goal in three games.”Great play (by Alex Pietrangelo),” Berglund said. ”I came in full speed and I figured I’d get it on the net real quick and he wasn’t ready, so it was a good start.”Allen made the early goal stand up as the Blues were outshot 12-4 in the first period. Allen made four saves during a 45-second stretch of sustained pressure midway through the period as St. Louis failed to register a shot on goal for the final 13:09 of the opening frame.Berglund made it 2-0 with a short-handed goal at 4:46 of the second, cashing in on a strong effort by Kyle Brodziak to chip the puck out and spring Berglund on an odd-man rush. It was just the fifth short-handed goal this season for St. Louis and the ninth allowed by Vancouver.”I knew right away that there was going to be two of us,” Brodziak said. ”He (Berglund) was coming pretty close behind me just from the way that play happened at our blue line. I was just hoping I was going to be able to get there. I didn’t have a whole lot of gas left in the tank.”Gagner snapped a 25-game goal drought, firing in a one-timer off a pass from Henrik Sedin with 5:13 left in the second to cut the Canucks’ deficit to 2-1. It was the 150th goal of his career.”We battled hard tonight,” Gagner said. ”We just couldn’t find a way to generate enough the second half of the game and it’s one of those things Alex Pietrangelo Jersey Kids , you learn from it and move on.”NOTES: Gunnarsson was plus-15 this season. He had five goals and four assists. … Canucks forward Daniel Sedin played in his 1,299th career game, and his assist on Gagner’s goal gave him 50 points for the 11th time. … Blues D Robert Bortuzzo was fined $3,091.40, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement, for a cross-checking penalty on Bruins forward Jordan Szwarz in the first period Wednesday.UP NEXTCanucks: At the Dallas Stars on Sunday.Blues: At the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.— NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Nico Hischier has been a little less unselfish lately, and that could be a very good thing for the New Jersey Devils in their bid to end a five-year playoff drought.Hischier had a goal and two assists http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-derick-brassard-jersey , and Stefan Noesen scored twice to lead the Devils to a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in a game between the two teams currently in wild-card playoff positions in the Eastern Conference.It marked only the second time this season that the No. 1 overall pick in the draft has scored goals in consecutive games. It could not have come at a better time for New Jersey, which has now won two in a row after losing four straight.Article continues below ...”I think when you’re shooting, it’s never a wrong decision,” said Hischier, who now has 11 goals. ”I still have to learn that. The last two games I took the shot and they went in. I think earlier in the season I had a couple of chances but I didn’t shoot. It’s a learning process for sure and it just feels good.”Kyle Palmieri and Damon Severson also scored for the Devils.Keith Kinkaid, who made 27 saves for the Devils, said Hischier is very mature for a 19-year-old.”He’s the first one to take blame whenever something bad happens, even if it’s not his fault Youth Evgeni Malkin Jersey ,” Kinkaid said. ”I think he’s a tremendous person all around and with his offensive ability. It’s great seeing him out there shoot the puck. He’s got a wicked shot.”Hischier had the primary assist on Palmieri’s go-ahead goal late in the second period and helped blow the game open in the third, combining with Noesen to score goals in a 32-second span.”It’s always better if you win,” Hischier said. ”You can feel it in the locker room before the games and after the games. It’s a better mood and it gives us confidence for sure, but we know we’re a good team and we can battle against each team in this league. We just have to play our game.”Jeff Skinner and defenseman Brett Pesce scored for Carolina, which was on the road after going 5-2-1 in a season-high eight-game homestand. Scott Darling had 17 saves for the Hurricanes, who will play New Jersey at home on Sunday.Palmieri snapped a 2-all tie with 2:32 left in the second period with an uncontested shot in close. Hischier sent the puck into the crease from behind the net and Darling poked it right to Palmieri for his 14th goal. Carolina accused Hischier of goaltender interference for being in the crease but the goal stood a review.Hischier got his goal on an odd-man rush with a shot from the right circle. Noesen scored his second with a bouncing deflection of a Severson shot.”We didn’t manage certain situations very well,” Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. ”The Hischier 2-on-1, we didn’t have a forward covering there. We made the game harder than it needed to be. We have to clean that up.”Pesce had tied the game 2-all at 7:43 of the second period with a shot from low in the right circle after patiently waiting for a lane to open. His third goal of the season came less than a minute after Noesen poked the rebound of Travis Zajac’s shot into an open net for a 2-1 New Jersey advantage.Skinner had given Carolina the lead with 2:38 left in the first period Jake Guentzel Jersey Kids , poking a puck into the corner of the net for his fourth goal in three games. The goal originally was waved off by referee Tim Peel because he thought the puck was kicked in. A review showed Skinner redirected the puck with his skate into the post and then used his stick to score his 19th goal.Severson tied the game with 19 seconds left in the period, beat Darling with a slap shot from the right dot shortly after a New Jersey penalty expired.NOTES: Devils LW Taylor Hall stretched his personal point-scoring streak to 16 games with an assist on Hischier’s goal. … New Jersey is now 21-0-2 when leading after two periods. … Zajac played in his 819th game with the Devils, tying him with Jay Pandolfo for sixth most among skaters in team history. … Skinner now has 199 career goals and moved past Jeff O’Neill for fifth place on Carolina’s all-time goals list. … Devils C Brian Boyle missed his second straight game with a shoulder injury. … Palmieri played in his 200th game for the Devils. … The win was 29th for New Jersey, exceeding its total of last season.UP NEXTCarolina: Host the N.Y. Islanders on Friday night.New Jersey: At Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
