Blues top Wild 3-0 for, 10th win in a row

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Jordan Binnington made 31 saves and the St. Louis Blues posted their third straight shutout, beating the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Sunday for their 10th straight victory. Binnington made 21 saves to blank Arizona on Thursday night, and Jake Allen stopped 32 shots in a 3-0 victory at Colorado on Saturday. St. Louis hasn’t allowed a goal in 187:16, since late in an 8-3 victory over New Jersey on Tuesday night. Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists and Ryan O’reilly, Vince Dunn and Brayden Schenn also scored to help St. Louis match the best winning streak in franchise history, completed in January 2002.

PENGUINS 6, RANGERS 5

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang each had two goals and Pittsburgh beat New York to climb back into playoff position. Defencemen Marcus Pettersson and Brian Dumoulin also scored and Sidney Crosby had three assists to help the Penguins pass Carolina for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

Mats Zuccarello had two goals, and Kevin Hayes and Mika Zibanejad added goals for New York.

FLYERS 3, RED WINGS 1

DETROIT (AP) - Ivan Provorov broke a tie early in the third period and Oskar Lindblom had two goals in Philadelphia’s victory over Detroit. The Flyers have won 12 of their last 14 games, moving into contention for a wild card in the Eastern Conference playoffs or perhaps for one of the three guaranteed postseason spots available in the Metropolitan Division.

DEVILS 4, SABRES 1

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Kyle Palmieri had a goal and two assists and Cory Schneider made 34 saves to lead New Jersey past Buffalo.

Miles Wood, Jesper Bratt and Joey Anderson also scored to help the Devils win consecutive games for the second time since the start of the year. Sam Reinhart scored for the Sabres.