St Louis Tames the Wild

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jori Lehtera had a goal and an assist, and Brian Elliott made 38 saves as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Saturday night.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Paul Stastny and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who got their first regulation win in four tries against the Wild and improved to 8-3-1 in their last 12 at home.

Matt Dumba scored late in the second for the Wild, who lost their 10th game in their last 11.

Elliott improved to 7-3-2 since taking over for the injured Jake Allen (lower body), including making 23 saves in the second period.

Minnesota's 24 shots in the second period set a franchise road record for any period and was St. Louis' season high for shots given up in a period.