St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets

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St. Louis Blues

3-7-2

Final
2 - 3

Columbus Blue Jackets

7-4-0

Werenski, Monahan lift Blue Jackets past Blues 3–2 for fourth straight win

Charlie Coyle also scored for his fifth point in the last two games and Jet Greaves made 37 saves, including 17 in the final period. The Blue Jackets have won six of their last seven games.

Justin Faulk and Nick Bjugstad scored in the Blues' seventh straight loss. Joel Hofer finished with 32 saves.

Faulk opened the scoring on St. Louis' first shot of the game, beating Greaves at 3:37 of the first period. That lead last just 1:01 before Coyle got the equalizer off the rebound of Cole Sillinger’s shot.

Werenski gave the Blue Jackets a lead with his wrister from the right circle with 8:05 left in the second period — scoring for the third straight game — and then assisted on Monahan’s power-play goal at 5:07 of the third. Monahan has 264 goals and 336 assists in 829 games.

The Blues pulled within one when Boone Jenner’s clearing attempt ended up with Bjugstad, who beat Greaves from the slot at 9:48.

Up next Blues: Host Edmonton on Monday.

Blue Jackets: Visit the New York Islanders on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:37	Justin Faulk Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Oskar Sundqvist (5), Dylan Holloway (4)
Goal	1st Period 4:38	Charlie Coyle Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Cole Sillinger (4), Ivan Provorov (3)
Goal	2nd Period 11:55	Zach Werenski Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Denton Mateychuk (2)
Goal	3rd Period 5:07	Sean Monahan Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Zach Werenski (6), Kirill Marchenko (6)
Goal	3rd Period 9:48	Nick Bjugstad Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: none

Statistics

STL		CBJ
13	Blocked Shots	13
21	Hits	14
4	Takeaways	2
39	Shots	35
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	25
55.4	Faceoff Win Percent	44.6
14	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	3
11	Penalty Minutes	9