ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Neighbours and Alexey Toropchenko scored as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Torey Krug also scored and Jordan Binnington stopped 21 shots to help the Blues win for just the second time in seven games (2-4-1). Jon Merrill scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for Minnesota in its third straight loss. Neighbours scored his 20th when he tapped in Robert Thomas’ rebound on a power play with 7:07 left in the second period to put the Blues ahead 2-1. Krug sealed the with with 49 seconds remaining when he shot the puck the length of the ice into an empty net for his third goal of the season.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Alexandre Texier opened the scoring in the first minute, Zach Werenski added a pair of assists, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Saturday night. The victory by the Eastern Conference’s worst team over the Western Conference’s worst team halted the Blue Jackets’ two-game losing streak. Boone Jenner, Mathieu Olivier and Cole Sillinger scored and Johnny Gaudreau added an empty-netter for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 26 shots and picked up his 12th win of the season. Philipp Kurashev and Ryan Donato scored for the Blackhawks as goaltender Arvid Soderblom made 26 saves.
