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Blues beat the NHL-worst Canucks 3-1 to end 2-game losing streak

Blues Hurricanes Hockey St. Louis Blues' Alexey Toropchenko (13) controls the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker) (Karl B DeBlaker/AP)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Pius Suter and Pavel Buchnevich scored in a 1:19 span in the second period and the St. Louis Blues beat the NHL-worst Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.

St. Louis is six points behind Nashville for the final wild-card playoff berth in the Western Conference. The Blues have are 7-1-2 in their last 10.

Jordan Kyrou scored into an empty net on a power play with 48 seconds left to seal it. Jordan Binnington stopped 14 shots for St. Louis, allowing only defenseman Filip Hronek’s third-period goal on a power play.

Kevin Lankinen made 18 saves for the Canucks.

Suter, a former Vancouver player, opened the scoring midway through the second period. Lankinen stopped Robert Thomas’ shot but the puck hit Suter and went into the net.

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Just over a minute later, Buchnevich took a shot from above the faceoff circle that found an empty corner of the net past a diving Lankinen.

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