Kings can’t hold on to early lead, falling to Blues for third straight loss
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ST. LOUIS — Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich each scored, and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Kings 4-1 on Saturday night.
Dylan Holloway and Zack Bolduc also scored for St. Louis, which has won four in a row for the first time this season.
Kevin Fiala scored, and David Rittich made 30 saves for the Kings, who have lost three straight. Fiala’s 24th goal of the season came on a power play 3:43 into the first period to put the Kings ahead 1-0.
But the Kings showed signs of fatigue after playing Friday night in Dallas. They are 0-2 on a three-game trip that concludes Monday against Chicago.
Logan Stankoven scores twice and Roope Hintz picks up a career-high four assists to lead the Dallas Stars to a 6-2 win over the Kings.
Bolduc scored his ninth goal of the season on a breakaway 9:27 into the second period to expand St. Louis’ lead to 3-1.
Buchnevich scored his 13th goal of the season on a feed from Robert Thomas to put St. Louis ahead 2-1 with 1:53 remaining in the first period. Thomas has an assist in nine straight games.
Parayko scored his career-best 15th goal of the season on a feed from Jordan Kyrou 9:37 into the first period to tie it 1-1.
St. Louis controlled the flow of the game for the majority of the contest as the team finally appears to be hitting its stride under coach Jim Montgomery. The Blues are 4-0-1 since play resumed after the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Montgomery won his 200th career regular-season game in his 336th career game as a head coach, making him the sixth-fastest coach in NHL history to achieve that milestone.
Buchnevich almost scored a second goal as time expired in the second period, but the puck crossed the goal line about a tenth of a second after time expired.
