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Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly and Michael Bunting also scored
for Nashville. Luke Evangelista had three assists, and Roman
Josi, Matthew Wood, Nick Blankenburg and Fedor Svechkov each had
two. Juuse Saros finished with 24 saves.
Robert Thomas and Hugh McGing scored for St. Louis, and Philip
Broberg had two assists. Jordan Binnington had 19 saves through
two periods, and Joel Hofer had six in the third.
Stamkos gave the Predators a 1-0 lead 8:22 into the game,
batting the rebound of his own shot out of the air and past
Binnington.
Stamkos doubled the lead with 8:41 left in the opening period,
knocking in the rebound of a shot through traffic by Roman Josi.
McGing got the Blues on the scoreboard 4:17 into the second with
his first NHL goal. Broberg sent a centering pass from the right
corner that Robby Fabbri tapped over to McGing in the right
circle, and the 27-year-old — playing in his seventh career game
— put it past Saros for his first point.
O'Reilly restored Nashville's two-goal lead at 8:38 with a shot
from the inside edge of the left circle for his 10th of the
season.
Forsberg pushed the lead to 4-1 with 8:17 left in the second.
After a backhand deke he lifted a forehand shot over
Binnington's left pad for his 11th.
Stamkos made it 5-1 just 23 seconds later with his 15th career
hat trick as his pass for Matthew Wood deflected off Blues
defenseman Justin Faulk and past Binnington.
Thomas pulled the Blues within three with 6:04 left in the
second, but Stamkos capped off his big night with his 12th of
the season about 90 seconds later with a backhander past
Binnington. It was Stamkos' second career four-goal game, first
since Dec. 14, 2023, at Edmonton while playing for Tampa Bay.
Bunting capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 7:36 of the
third.
Up next
Blues: Host Chicago on Friday night.
Predators: At Colorado on Saturday night.
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