ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ville Husso stopped 31 shots for his first career shutout and David Perron had a goal and two assists in the St. Louis Blues’ 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.
Torey Krug, Ivan Barbashev and Jaden Schwartz also scored. The Blues have won two in a row and seven of 11.
After winning four of its previous five, Minnesota was locked into the third spot in the West Division with the loss. St. Louis had already nailed down the fourth spot.
The teams will finish the regular season Thursday night in St. Louis.
Husso made 13 saves in the opening period as the Wild created a host of good chances.
“If it wasn’t for him the score definitely looks a little bit different tonight,” Krug said.
Barbashev stuffed in the rebound of Perron’s shot midway through the first period. Schwartz scored while falling to the ice to push the lead to 2-0 late in the opening period.
Krug scored his first goal since Jan. 23 off a pass from Ryan O’Reilly midway through the second period.
Cam Talbot made 23 saves for the Wild. He was 5-0-2 in his previous seven road games.
“The mistakes that we made were clearly assignment mistakes that allowed for wide open opportunities.” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. “Those things are hopefully easily corrected.”
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