Blues 6, Blue Jackets 1
Patrik Berglund scored two goals as the visiting St. Louis Blues pulled away from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 6-1 victory on Sunday.
Alexander Steen collected a goal and an assist and Chris Porter, Andy McDonald and Carlo Colaiacovo also tallied for the Blues (36-33-10), who have recorded points in five of their last six games.
Chris Stewart, Vladimir Sobotka and Matt D’Agostini added two assists apiece and Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves for St. Louis.
R.J. Umberger scored a power-play goal for Columbus (34-32-13), which saw its three-game point streak come to an end. The Blue Jackets were without captain Rick Nash for the third straight game with a lower-body injury. Defenseman Jan Hejda was also serving the first of his two-game suspension for his elbow against Chicago Friday.
Berglund started the scoring by knocking in his own rebound five minutes into the game. Porter scored his third goal in three games at 17:08 for a 2-0 advantage before Umberger tallied two minutes later.
McDonald extended the lead with a power-play goal 2:20 into the second period for the Blues and Berglund added his second at 19:39 for a 4-1 lead.