Blues beat the NHL-worst Canucks 3-1 to end 2-game losing streak

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St. Louis Blues' Logan Mailloux (23) checks Vancouver Canucks' Aatu Raty (54) in front of St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington (50) while Vancouver's Brock Boeser (6) tries to get his stick on the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

St. Louis Blues' Dalibor Dvorsky (54) and Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson (25) watch the puck bounce off the top of the net behind goalie Kevin Lankinen (32) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks in Vancouver, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) — St. Louis Blues' Logan Mailloux (23) checks Vancouver Canucks' Aatu Raty (54) in front of St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington (50) while Vancouver's Brock Boeser (6) tries to get his stick on the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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9:02 PM on Saturday, March 21

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Pius Suter and Pavel Buchnevich scored in a 1:19 span in the second period and the St. Louis Blues beat the NHL-worst Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.

St. Louis is six points behind Nashville for the final wild-card playoff berth in the Western Conference. The Blues have are 7-1-2 in their last 10.

Jordan Kyrou scored into an empty net on a power play with 48 seconds left to seal it. Jordan Binnington stopped 14 shots for St. Louis, allowing only defenseman Filip Hronek's third-period goal on a power play.

Kevin Lankinen made 18 saves for the Canucks.

Suter, a former Vancouver player, opened the scoring midway through the second period. Lankinen stopped Robert Thomas' shot but the puck hit Suter and went into the net.

Just over a minute later, Buchnevich took a shot from above the faceoff circle that found an empty corner of the net past a diving Lankinen.

Up next

Blues: Host Washingtons on Tuesday night.

Canucks: Host Anaheim on Tuesday night.

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