ST. LOUIS -- Dmitrij Jaskin's seventh goal of the season turned into another game-winner for the St. Louis Blues.
Jaskin scored his fourth game-winning goal to help the Blues defeat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 at Scottrade Center on Tuesday.
Alexander Steen scored and goalie Jake Allen made 25 saves for the Blues (35-15-4), who had lost their previous two games. They defeated the Coyotes (20-28-7) all three times this season and outscored Arizona 14-2.
Allen preserved the Blues' one-goal lead with a point-blank save on Tobias Rieder with under two minutes left on the Coyotes' only power play.
The Blues are 8-0-1 in the past nine against the Coyotes.
Arizona, which had its three-game road winning streak end, got a goal from Sam Gagner. Goalie Mike Smith, after a 36-save performance in a 3-2 shootout victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, made 35 saves.
Jaskin gave the Blues a 2-1 lead in the second period after he chipped a puck past Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle in the Blues zone, took off for the races and beat Smith with a backhand shot from the right dot that squirted through Smith's pads 11:08 into the period. It was Jaskin's third goal in six games.
St. Louis outshot Arizona 14-4 in the period.
Gagner's first goal in six games came after the Coyotes took advantage of a 2-on-1. Blues defenseman Chris Butler got caught in a neutral zone pinch and Gagner skated in with Martin Erat. He beat Allen with a shot on the short side after the Blues goalie vacated his position on the post 4:42 into the first period to give Arizona a 1-0 lead.
Steen's first goal in five games came after David Backes sprung T.J. Oshie in on Smith. Oshie's power move to the net and shot on created a rebound, and Steen was on the doorstep to tie the game 1-1 with 4:50 remaining in the first. It was Steen's 10th point (third goal) in the past six games against Arizona.
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