{"id":1315926,"date":"2019-10-21T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T05:08:00","slug":"tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarasenko has goal, 2 assists as Blues beat Avalanche 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9221889696451\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-989887-788\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171020 AP | Colorado Avalanche's Tyson Jost, right, looks to get the puck past St. Louis Blues' Jay Bouwmeester (19) and Alex Pietrangelo (27) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s Tyson Jost, right, looks to get the puck past St. Louis Blues&#8217; Jay Bouwmeester (19) and Alex Pietrangelo (27) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Tyson Jost, right, looks to get the puck past St. Louis Blues' Jay Bouwmeester (19) and Alex Pietrangelo (27) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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(AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s Nikita Zadorov (16), of Russia, handles the puck in front of St. Louis Blues&#8217; Jay Bouwmeester (19) as goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) protects the goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Nikita Zadorov (16), of Russia, handles the puck in front of St. Louis Blues' Jay Bouwmeester (19) as goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) protects the goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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Compher (37) vie for control of the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>St. Louis Blues&#8217; Tyler Bozak (21) and Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s J.T. Compher (37) vie for control of the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"St. Louis Blues' Tyler Bozak (21) and Colorado Avalanche's J.T. Compher (37) vie for control of the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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(AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-4.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Andre Burakovsky (95), of Austria, handles the puck as St. Louis Blues' Alexander Steen (20) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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(AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-5.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41), of France, handles the puck in front of St. Louis Blues' Robert Thomas (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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(AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-6.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Colin Wilson (22) watches as St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) deflects the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171020 AP | St. Louis Blues' goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) watches as Colorado Avalanche's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41), of France, handles the puck behind the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>St. Louis Blues&#8217; goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) watches as Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41), of France, handles the puck behind the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-7.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"St. Louis Blues' goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) watches as Colorado Avalanche's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41), of France, handles the puck behind the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171020 AP | Colorado Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog (92), of Sweden, controls the puck in front of St. Louis Blues' Ivan Barbashev (49), of Russia, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s Gabriel Landeskog (92), of Sweden, controls the puck in front of St. Louis Blues&#8217; Ivan Barbashev (49), of Russia, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171020 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Avalanche_Blues_Hockey_47346-78d4a-8.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog (92), of Sweden, controls the puck in front of St. Louis Blues' Ivan Barbashev (49), of Russia, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Scott Kane)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">ST. LOUIS \u2014 Vladimir Tarasenko doesn\u2019t like talking about himself. Alex Pietrangelo, however, doesn\u2019t mind talking about his teammate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tarasenko had a goal and two assists to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 Monday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen he gets going, he\u2019s hard to handle,\u201d Pietrangelo said about Tarasenko. \u201cHis game is more well-rounded than you think. He doesn\u2019t get enough credit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For his part, Tarasenko wanted to talk about how big the win was for the struggling Blues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe played for 60 minutes and it was a pretty good effort by everybody,\u201d Tarasenko said. \u201cThis was a big game for us. They are the best team in the league right now. This was a good test. They have a lot of skilled players. I think we played really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Blues coach Craig Berube liked what he saw from this club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis was our best game of the season,\u201d Berube said. \u201cWe just worked. We were stingy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brayden Schenn and David Perron also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who came in with their longest skid since March 30-April 4, 2018. Jordan Binnington finished with 17 saves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe played a great game. That\u2019s how we need to play every night,\u201d Binnington said. \u201cHopefully, we can build off this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colorado, which was the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss and fell to 7-1-1. Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt looked like we ran out of gas here tonight,\u201d Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. \u201cThey were the hungrier team, and when they\u2019re on the puck first with their numbers all the time, it just makes it difficult if you don\u2019t have the legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Blues swept the four-game season series last season and their latest win moved them to 8-1-0 in the last nine home games against Colorado. The Blues are 15-3-0 over the Avalanche at home since April 5, 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">St. Louis scored twice in the second period for a 3-1 lead. The Blues outplayed the Avalanche while outshooting them 11-1 in the period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Perron scored a 6-on-5 goal at 5:07, giving the Blues a 2-1 lead with his fifth of the season. Standing in the slot, Perron one-timed a pass from Tarasenko on a delayed penalty on Andre Burakovsky for kicking the puck like a soccer ball while playing with a broken stick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tarasenko scored his third goal of the season with 4:54 left in the period. Jaden Schwartz fed Tarasenko, who was along the right goal line, and his shot trickled between Grubauer\u2019s pads for a 3-1 lead. Tarasenko has a five-game points streak and he moved into ninth place on the Blues career scoring list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI tried to make a good play,\u201d Tarasenko said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Schenn scored a power-play goal at 10:07 of the first period for a 1-0 St. Louis lead. Tarasenko dropped the puck to Vince Dunn, who sent a pass across the ice to Schenn. From the top of the circle, Schenn skated into the slot and rifled a shot over the shoulder of Grubauer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Colorado had a two-man advantage for 26 seconds and made it count when MacKinnon scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot with 7:22 left in the first. The goal came with 3 seconds left in the two-man advantage. The Blues killed off the second penalty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With the goal, MacKinnon has scored at least one point in each of the nine games this season for the second straight season. MacKinnon tied an Avalanche record (John-Michael Liles 2010-11, MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen in 2018-19) for scoring in nine consecutive games to open two seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">MacKinnon became the fifth player in NHL history with a season-opening point streak of at least nine games in consecutive seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky (30 games in 1982-83; 51 in 1983-84; 16 in 1984-85 and nine in 1985-86), Charlie Simmer (nine in 1979-80 and 13 in 1980-81), Guy Lafleur (10 in 1975-76 and 10 in 1976-77) and Rod Gilbert (nine in 1971-72 and 14 in 1972-73).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But that was all the offense Colorado generated on the night. It was the lowest scoring game and lowest shot total (18) this season for the Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTo be honest, it wouldn\u2019t have mattered if they had their \u2018A\u2019 game or their \u2018C\u2019 game tonigh,\u201d Gabriel Landeskog said. \u201cWe just weren\u2019t good enough and on a night like tonight we\u2019re not going to beat too many teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Colorado forward Mikko Ratanen left the game in the second period with a lower body injury. He did not return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAs far as I know, we\u2019ll just have to reevaluate him in the morning and see what happens,\u201d Bednar said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">NOTES: St. Louis\u2019 Carl Gunnarsson (lower body) remained out of action. He was hurt last Thursday. This was his second missed game. \u2026 Pitcher Michael Wacha and second baseman Kolten Wong of the St. Louis Cardinals were in the stands watching the game. \u2026 The Blues hold a 62-61-18 all-time record against the Avalanche. The teams will play four more times this season. \u2026 Colorado\u2019s D Nikita Zadorov played his 300th career NHL game. \u2026 Colorado has played five games in its six-game road trip with a 3-1-1 record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Avalanche: At Vegas on Friday night to finish a six-game trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText BoldIntro\">Blues: Host Los Angeles on Thursday night in the finale of a four-game homestand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">More AP NHL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\u2014Sports\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\u2014Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/tarasenko-has-goal-2-assists-as-blues-beat-avalanche-3-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Avalanche&#8217;s Tyson Jost, right, looks to get the puck past St. Louis Blues&#8217; Jay Bouwmeester (19) and Alex Pietrangelo (27) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in St. Louis. 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