ST. LOUIS (AP) — David Perron, Brayden Schenn, and Jordan Kyrou each scored twice and the St. Louis Blues scored seven straight goals to erase a first-period deficit and beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Thursday night.
Zach Sanford also scored and Jordan Binnington made 17 saves.
Nico Sturm, Marcus Foligno, and Ryan Suter scored and Kappo Kahkonen stopped 20 shots for Minnesota, who will face Vegas in the playoffs.
Kahkonen had won four in a row. He finished the season with a Wild rookie-record 16 victories.
“They just plug away,” Wild coach Dean Evason said about St. Louis. “They didn’t get rattled. Some teams might go away. They didn’t go away. They just kept pushing and we didn’t handle it well after that.”
Schenn scored his second goal of the game and 16th of the season with 5:57 remaining in the second period to put St. Louis ahead 4-3. It marked the fourth time this season the Blues scored four goals in a period.
Perron scored his first goal of the game, tying it at 3 with 8:27 to go in the second period. He followed it up with a power play goal 5:50 into the third period to give him 19 goals and 58 points in 56 games.
Kyrou scored his 13th and 14th goals later in the third period to effectively put the game out of reach.
Wild vs. Vegas – Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st Round
Game 1 – Sunday 5/16 @ Vegas – 2:00 PM
Game 2 – Tuesday 5/18 @ Vegas – 9:00 PM
Game 3 – Thursday 5/20 @ Minnesota – 8:30 PM
Game 4 – Saturday 5/22 @ Minnesota – 7:00 PM
Game 5 – Monday 5/24 @ Vegas (if necessary)
Game 6 – Wednesday 5/26 @ Minnesota (if necessary)
Game 7 – Friday 5/28 @ Vegas (if necessary)
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