British stone. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich scored twice, Brayden Schenn scored his 700th career point and the St. Louis Blues beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night.
Joel Hofer made 29 saves for the Blues, who defeated Nashville in their previous two meetings this month. Hofer has won four of his past five games.
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Tyson Yost and Fedor Svechkov scored for the Predators, and Jusse Saros made 17 saves. The loss ended Nashville’s three-game winning streak.
Svechkov scored his second goal of the season shorthanded with 7:57 left in the third quarter to cut Nashville’s deficit to 3-2.
Buchnevich scored his second goal of the game and seventh of the season at 4:40 of the third period when he grabbed a rebound and held off Saros.
Nashville appeared to tie the game with 2:53 left in the second period when Ryan O’Reilly intercepted Hofer’s clearance attempt and Steven Stamkos fired into an empty net. However, St. Louis challenged the call, with a video review confirming Stamkos was offside when he entered the zone.
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Buchnevich scored his first goal of the game with 1:45 left in the first period when he passed the ball to Jake Neighbors, deflected it off Roman Josi and passed it back to himself to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead.
Yost scored his third goal of the season with 8:19 left in the first quarter to tie the game at 1.
Schenn scored his seventh goal of the season and his 700th career point when he blocked a powerful shot from Cam Fowler 8:45 into the first period.
Blues forward Jordan Kyrou returns to the lineup after missing nine games with a lower-body injury, and Jimmy Snagrud returns after missing 12 games due to left wrist surgery.
Next
Predators: At Utah State on Monday night.
Bruins: Host Buffalo on Monday night.
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