Blues 4, Coyotes 1
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues found a perfect cure for their recent woes -- a visit from the Arizona Coyotes.
St. Louis continued its domination over Arizona with a 4-1 come-from-behind win over the struggling Coyotes on Tuesday at Scottrade Center.
The Blues, winless in four of their previous five games, won their sixth successive contest against Arizona. They outscored the Coyotes 24-6 during the run.
In addition, the Blues garnered at least one point in their last 10 contests with Arizona (9-0-1).
Arizona completed a five-game road trip with its fifth successive loss. The Coyotes were outscored 24-10 during road swing.
St. Louis defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk led the way with a goal and assist. Center David Backes also had a goal and an assist and goaltender Jake Allen made 22 stops.
Arizona bolted to a 1-0 lead on a goal by right winger Steve Downie 12:12 into the contest. Downie, stationed in front of the net, pounced on the rebound of a shot by right winger Brad Richardson.
Arizona had the first eight shots on goal in the game and held the Blues without a shot until Shattenkirk's wrister was turned aside by goalie Mike Smith with 6:26 left in the opening period.
The Blues scored twice in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.
St. Louis tied the game 1-1 on right winger Vladimir Tarasenko's team-best 16th goal of the season.
Left winger Alexander Steen converted on a shorthanded 2-on-1 break with 8.8 seconds left in the period for St. Louis' first lead of the night 2-1.
Steen took a pass from Shattenkirk and blasted a shot behind Smith. It was Steen's 10th goal and the Blues first short-handed tally this season.
Shattenkirk pumped the lead to 3-1 with his fourth goal of the season just under seven minutes into the final period. Center Jori Lehtera set up the tally with a nifty pass.
Backes added an empty net goal with 1:02 left.
NOTES: St. Louis D Petteri Lindbohm, recalled from the Chicago Wolves on Sunday, made his season debut against the Coyotes. ... Arizona RW Shane Doan missed his eighth successive game with a lower-body injury. Doan has been skating and is listed as day-to-day. ... Arizona RW Viktor Tikhonov, claimed off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, played on Tuesday. Tikhonov was drafted by Arizona in the first round of the 2008 draft and had eight goals and eight assists in 2008-09 with the Coyotes. ... St. Louis LW Steve Ott is out at least three months with a hamstring injury suffered in the first period of Saturday's 4-1 loss to Toronto. Ott missed six games Nov. 7-17 with an upper-body injury.