GLENDALE, Ariz. _ The wins keep coming for the Blues, who won their eighth consecutive game, their longest streak since a nine-game streak in 2002, with a 4-0 win over Arizona at Gila River Arena on Thursday.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, giving him six in four games, and Jordan Binnington recorded the shutout and won his seventh consecutive game, the longest streak for a Blues rookie goalie since Brent Johnson won seven in a row in 2000-01. It was the third shutout for Binnington in 13 starts. He has an 11-1-1 record.
The win, coupled with Dallas' 6-0 loss to Tampa Bay, moved the Blues into third place in the Central Division. They're tied with the Stars at 63 points but have played fewer games.
The game was the start of a three-game trip against teams around the Blues in the Western Conference playoff race, and the Blues once again had a dominating performance. The Blues play at Colorado on Saturday and then at Minnesota on Sunday.
Tarasenko has nine goals in the past 10 games and 24 goals for the season. The second goal came in the second period on a power play after Niklas Hjalmarsson was called cross checking Tarasenko. He took a pass from Brayden Schenn, skated toward the slot and shot and scored. Robert Thomas also had an assist on the play, running his point and assist streak to four games.
Joel Edmundson put the Blues ahead 3:33 into the game with just his second goal of the season (his other was in his first game of the season) on a knuckleball shot on a break off a pass from Jaden Schwartz that crossed up goaltender Darcy Kuemper.
Later in the period, Edmundson had a shot that hit both posts but didn't go in.
With 4:29 to go in the period, Edmundson took another shot that was deflected by Tarasenko and beat Kuemper. It was the 23rd goal of the season and extended his point streak to 10 games, with eight goals and eight assists in that time. He joins David Perron and Ryan O'Reilly in having a point streak of 10 or more games this season. The last time the Blues had three players with streaks that long was 1991-92, when Brett Hull, Adam Oates and Craig Janney did it.
In the third period, Robert Bortuzzo added to the defensemen's contribution with his second goal of the season.
