ST. LOUIS -- Kevin Shattenkirk and Alexander Steen each had a goal and an assist to help the St. Louis Blues end a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against the Arizona Coyotes at Scottrade Center on Tuesday.
Vladimir Tarasenko and David Backes scored for St. Louis (16-8-4), which was 0-2-1 in the past three games. Jake Allen made 22 saves; he is 5-0-0 in his career against Arizona.
The Coyotes (13-14-1), who got a goal from Steve Downie, have lost five in a row, all on the road. They were outscored 24-10 on the trip.
Mike Smith made 18 saves for the Coyotes, who scratched center Martin Hanzal with a lower-body injury; he's listed as day-to-day.
Trailing 1-0, the Blues took the lead in the second period when Tarasenko tied it with his 16th of the season and Steen scored shorthanded late in the period.
Tarasenko took a pass from Magnus Paajarvi, who led Tarasenko in alone on Smith from inside the Coyotes blue line before he scored on a wrist shot 5:08 into the period.
Steen gave the Blues a 2-1 lead with 8.8 seconds left after a pass from Shattenkirk. Shattenkirk blocked an Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot then sprung out of the zone 2-on-1, and his cross-ice feed gave Steen a chance to step into a one-time slap shot through Smith. It was the Blues' first shorthanded goal of the season and first goal for the Blues other than by Tarasenko in 145:18.
The Coyotes thought they tied the game with 2.6 seconds left when they took the faceoff, got into the Blues zone quickly and Anthony Duclair scored, but Tobias Rieder crashed into Allen after being tripped up by Alex Pietrangelo. Referee Steve Kozari immediately waved off the goal.
Shattenkirk finished a Jori Lehtera backhand pass through the slot and beat Smith 6:53 into the third period for a 3-1 lead.
Backes scored an empty-net goal with 1:02 remaining.
Downie's third goal in five games against the Blues came off a wrist shot from Jordan Martinook, Downie, parked in front of Allen, had his initial deflection stopped but he collected the rebound and swept it past the Blues' goalie 12:12 into the first period.
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