The Nashville Predators scored six unanswered goals for a 6-3 win against the St. Louis Blues at Bridgestone Arena, giving goalie Pekka Rinne his 250th NHL victory. It was the first time this season the Predators had come back and won when trailing after the second period (1-8-0) and the first time they've come back from a trailing by three goals. Mike Ribeiro made it 5-3 at 10:31 on a rebound. Forward Craig Smith took the original shot from the left circle and Ribeiro scored on the rebound for his fourth goal. Mike Ribeiro made it 5-3 at 10:31 on a rebound. Forward Craig Smith took the original shot from the left circle and Ribeiro scored on the rebound for his fourth goal. Fisher scored an empty-net goal with 1:22 remaining. Predators forward Ryan Johansen tied the game 3-3 at 3:04 of the third period on a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle. Johansen took a pass from Wilson and beat Allen for his sixth goal. Predators forward James Neal started the comeback at 4:07 of the second period when he scored from the right faceoff circle to make it 1-0. Johansen won the faceoff back to Neal, and he beat Allen with a wrist shot for his 12th goal. Forsberg scored 2:15 later on a wrist shot from above the left faceoff circle to make it 3-2. Kevin Shattenkirk gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 10:12 of the first period on a shot from the point that bounced off Predators defenseman Roman Josi and past Rinne for his seventh goal. Ryan Reaves made it 2-0 at 16:41 on a wrist shot from the slot for his second goal. Brad Hunt gave the Blues a 3-0 lead at 1:49 of the second period on a one-timer on the power play for his first goal.
* Neal's goal seemed to change the complexion of the game. His quick shot through traffic and beat Allen, and the Predators controlled play after that.
* Rinne made a save on Blues forward Patrik Berglund at 12:49 of second period on an odd-man rush to keep the game 3-2. Berglund got the puck at the right faceoff circle and got off a wrist shot that Rinne corralled.
* Forsberg's goal came on a quick wrist shot that beat Allen through the five-hole.
* Blues defenseman Carl Gunnarsson is expected to participate in a full practice Wednesday. He has missed three games with a lower-body injury. … Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis and forward Colton Sissons returned. Ellis missed eight games with an upper-body injury, and Sissons missed seven with an upper-body injury.
"The second goal hurt us, but I thought [Blues forward Kyle Brodziak] line really helped us recover. We had a 3-2 lead going into the third period, and it's been three games like this that we've lost on the road where we've had the game taken from us in the third period." Hitchcock said.
New Jersey @ Blues 2-5 - Thursday, December 15, 2016
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists to help give the St. Louis Blues a 5-2 win against the New Jersey Devils at Scottrade Center. Tarasenko extended his point streak to five games (two goals, eight assists). He has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in the past nine games and is second in the NHL in scoring with 37 points (15 goals, 22 assists). Jori Lehtera, Alex Pietrangelo, Nail Yakupov and Patrik Berglund scored for St. Louis (17-10-4), which extended its point streak at home to 14 games (11-0-3). Jake Allen made 24 saves to extend his home winning streak to eight games; he's 11-0-2 at Scottrade Center this season. The Blues rallied after trailing 2-0 to defeat the Devils (12-11-6) for the second time in seven days. St. Louis won 4-1 in New Jersey Dec. 9. The Devils have been outscored 19-5 on a four-game losing streak. Adam Henrique scored a shorthanded goal and had an assist. Miles Wood got his second goal and Cory Schneider made 26 saves. Henrique scored on a backhand against Allen at 7:49 of the first to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead. Wood made it 2-0 at 11:36 but the Blues scored five unanswered goals. Tarasenko made it 2-1 with a power-play goal at 17:06. Lehtera tied it 2-2 at 2:05 of the second period and Pietrangelo gave the Blues a 3-2 lead at 7:45. Yakupov's first goal since Oct. 20 (14 games) put the Blues up 4-2 at 9:00 of the third period. Berglund scored an empty-net goal at 18:39.
* Tarasenko looked as if he would pass the puck back to the point when he quickly turned in the right circle and snapped a quick wrist shot over Schneider.
* Schneider made a nifty glove save on a Robby Fabbri attempt from the slot after the Blues forward cut to the middle with 4:43 remaining in the first.
* Tarasenko took a drop pass from Kevin Shattenkirk and sent a pass to Pietrangelo backdoor for the easy tap-in.
* Devils center Travis Zajac assisted on Henrique's shorthanded goal. He also had three hits and won 17 of 23 faceoffs.
* The Blues' 14-game home point streak is their second-longest run in franchise history. They were 18-0-3 in 2011-12. ... Devils right wing Michael Cammalleri remains one point away from 600 in his NHL career.
"Fans help us a lot. I feel like we feel more confident here, so now we have to figure out why our road record (4-9-1) is not really good. ... We believe in our work, we believe in our coaching staff and now we try to stay as close as we can together to try and win games like this." Tarasenko said.
"I thought the first period they were fresh and their pace was high. Their puck movement was ahead of our pressure so we were going in and they were moving it by us. In the second period, which was our best period, we played for a long time, we caught up to them and hemmed them in quite a bit. Our pressure game ended up giving us all the scoring opportunities." Ken Hitchcock said
"[Tarasenko's] a world-class player and I think you see that. Tonight he made some great plays and he was definitely a factor in the game for sure." Devils coach John Hynes
Hawks @ Blues 6-4 - Saturday, December 17, 2016
Vinnie Hinostroza scored with 4:25 remaining to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 6-4 victory against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center in the final meeting between the teams until the 2017 Bridgestone Winter Classic at Busch Stadium Jan. 2. The Blackhawks (21-8-4), who have won four in a row, got a goal and two assists from Artemi Panarin. Patrick Kane had a goal and assist and Dennis Rasmussen, Brian Campbell and Niklas Hjalmarsson each scored. Scott Darling made 23 saves. Hinostroza sent a backhand past Allen following a rebound from Brent Seabrook's shot that caromed off Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson.
Patrik Berglund scored two goals for the first time in 68 games, Kyle Brodziak and Alex Pietrangelo each had a goal and Edmundson had a career-high for points in a game (three assists). Jake Allen made 30 saves for St. Louis (17-11-4), which saw its point streak at home end at 14 (11-0-3). Allen lost for the first time in regulation at Scottrade Center (11-1-2) and had his eight-game home winning streak end. Hjalmarsson tied it 4-4 1:00 into the third on a slap shot, and Panarin followed Hinostroza's goal with an empty-net goal with 49 seconds remaining. Berglund scored on a breakaway 41 seconds into the game. Chicago tied it 1-1 with 25.2 seconds left when Rasmussen scored on a rebound. The teams combined for five goals in the second period. The Blues went ahead 2-1 when Brodziak's shot hit a broken stick on the ice and slipped through Darling's pads at 3:12. Kane tied it 2-2 on a breakaway at 10:44 before Berglund's second of the game put the Blues ahead at 14:35. Campbell tied it 3-3 with 1:01 remaining, and Pietrangelo put the Blues ahead for the fourth time with 11.6 seconds remaining.
* Hinostroza was able to get position in front of the net, outwork Edmundson after the Blues defenseman blocked Seabrook's shot and scoop a backhand over Allen for the game-winner.
"I'm glad we're going to get a chance to have this Winter Classic game because I think people are really going to get a good feel for the type of emotion and the type of intensity that's around these games." Kevin Shattenkirk
"Our execution 5-on-5 is good enough to beat certain teams, but if we want to play with the top dogs we're going to have to execute at a higher level. Our determination on our 1-on-1's is going to have to increase dramatically if we want to play with the big dogs." Ken Hitchcock
"I think our team game had a real good trip as far as how we played with and without the puck. Finding a way to win in a tough building was huge for us tonight and Vinnie has great timing at the net hanging around and a good finish as well. That was a huge goal." Joel Quenneville
"It was kind of a wide-open game. We did a good job coming back there [down] 4-3, getting a goal in the first minute and then getting another one and then finishing it off with an empty net, so you've got to be happy being down going into the third on the road and coming away with two points." Patrick Kane
* Hinostroza was able to get position in front of the net, outwork Edmundson after the Blues defenseman blocked Seabrook's shot and scoop a backhand over Allen for the game-winner.
* Allen kept the game tied 4-4 when he denied Kane's break-in bid with 6:40 remaining after a Blues turnover.
* Berglund's second goal of the game was a perfect tic-tac-toe play that he finished off after passes from Alexander Steen and David Perron.
* Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews didn't register a point, but he did step in between Kane and Panarin when center Artem Anisimov left in the first period with an upper-body injury. Toews won 13 of 25 faceoffs and played 21:58.
* Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester received stitches to his face after being hit with a puck but returned. ... Panarin has four goals and five assists during a four-game point streak.
Blues Quotes
"It's not good enough. If we want to be a top team in the League and catch the top team in our division, we need to be better than that. We had spurts, but not enough spurts." Allen said."I'm glad we're going to get a chance to have this Winter Classic game because I think people are really going to get a good feel for the type of emotion and the type of intensity that's around these games." Kevin Shattenkirk
"Our execution 5-on-5 is good enough to beat certain teams, but if we want to play with the top dogs we're going to have to execute at a higher level. Our determination on our 1-on-1's is going to have to increase dramatically if we want to play with the big dogs." Ken Hitchcock
Hawks Quotes
"It's been a while since I scored my last [goal], but I feel like I've been getting a lot of chances so it's good to see one hit the back of the net. It's our biggest rival, obviously. We're at the top of the division with these guys, so anytime we can come here and beat them at their barn, it's huge. It was a great win." said Hinostroza, who hadn't scored since Nov. 19 against the Vancouver Canucks."I think our team game had a real good trip as far as how we played with and without the puck. Finding a way to win in a tough building was huge for us tonight and Vinnie has great timing at the net hanging around and a good finish as well. That was a huge goal." Joel Quenneville
"It was kind of a wide-open game. We did a good job coming back there [down] 4-3, getting a goal in the first minute and then getting another one and then finishing it off with an empty net, so you've got to be happy being down going into the third on the road and coming away with two points." Patrick Kane
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