Blues beat Oilers 5-2 for 6th straight victory

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues are rolling again.

Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and two assists and St. Louis remained atop the Western Conference standings, beating the second-place Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

"We just find a way to get it done," said Thomas, whose team had won its previous three outings in overtime. "We're winning a lot of 2-1, 3-2 games and close games at the end. I think that shows our character and being able fight until the end and get some wins."

Jake Allen made 32 saves to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian scored for the Oilers. They have lost two in a row.

"This was a lesson for us," Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom said. "This was a playoff game and obviously we have a long way to go. We have to find a way to win these games because there are going to be many of them this year. We're going to play a lot of good teams and we have to be ready. They played last night, we gave them a little bit too much and it cost us."

Leon Draisaitl extended his points streak to seven games with a feed to McDavid, who tucked his eighth goal of the season through the legs of goalie Jake Allen, to open scoring on a power play 2:46 into the game. St. Louis responded with a power-play goal of its own six minutes into the first when Schwartz tipped Pietrangelo's point shot past Mike Smith.

Pietrangelo's long-range shot got past Smith 7 minutes into the second period on another power play. St. Louis added to its lead with 5 minutes remaining in the middle period when Thomas beat Smith to the glove side.

Bozak's short-handed empty-net goal went into the net on a lucky bounce before Barbashev added another short-handed empty-netter.

UP NEXT

Blues: At Calgary on Saturday night.

Oilers: Host New Jersey on Friday night.

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