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33 saves in the win. ¡±There¡¯s cameras everywhere.¡±There sure are ¨C and video of
the ear tickle quickly became a big hit on social media.¡±I was just sitting
there and people, they were fighting,¡± Fleury said, ¡±and (I was) trying to have
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getting himself back onto his skates.The Golden Knights lead the Western
Conference final series 2-1, and host Game 4 on Friday night.Oh, and Wheeler
might want to keep his ears clear of Fleury¡¯s frolicking fingers.¡ª ST. LOUIS
(AP) ¡ª Home ice was anything but friendly to the Blues at the start of the
season. With the playoffs approaching, they¡¯re looking pretty comfortable in St.
Louis ¡ª and made a statement against the hottest team in the NHL.Vladimir
Tarasenko had a goal and an
assist
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Lightning on Saturday night.¡°It¡¯s been a tough time on home games at the start
of the year,¡± Tarasenko said after the Blues improved their home record to
20-15-2 and 10-2 in their last 12 at Enterprise Center. ¡°We understand we can¡¯t
play like this at home. That¡¯s what we were working on. Just try to make this
building hard to play in again.¡°I think we¡¯ve been really successful last few
months and looking forward to keep playing the same way.¡±Robert Thomas,
Alexander Steen and Brayden Schenn also scored for St. Louis, which earned its
third consecutive win.Binnington improved to 20-4-1. He has won his last four
starts and seven of his last nine overall.¡°They¡¯re an offensively gifted team
and there¡¯s a lot of momentum changes in that game,¡± Binnington said.¡°It was
just a battle from the start of the second period on. Thankfully we had a good
first period and kind of broke off that and just competed until the end.¡±Tampa
Bay¡¯s Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots to fall to 36-9-4. He has allowed at
least three goals in four of his last five starts.¡°It took us a little bit to
get our legs underneath us and for obviously the final two periods, I thought we
played pretty darn well.¡± Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. ¡°We had some real
good looks. They just didn¡¯t go in.¡±St. Louis jumped in front with three goals
during a quick scoring flurry in the first period.Thomas put the Blues in front
at 10:30 when he one-timed Vince Dunn¡¯s rebound past Vasilevskiy for his eighth
goal. Steen then got his eighth goal of the season just 37 seconds later when he
buried a feed from Zach Sanford.Tarasenko made it 3-0 when he scored his
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don¡¯t beat a team like that without everyone.¡±Tampa Bay outshot St. Louis 19-8
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us.¡±Alex Killorn got the Lightning on the board with a short-handed goal 27
seconds into the period. It was Killorn¡¯s 17th on the season.Tampa Bay¡¯s Brayden
Point followed with his career-best 40th goal at 7:24.¡°It was great,¡± Cooper
said. ¡°Guys were fired up. I thought he had an exceptional game tonight. He was
driving the bus. That line was great. Point had the jets going tonight and just
really happy for him to get 40. That¡¯s a big number.¡±Schenn responded for St.
Louis when he reached behind his skates and backhanded a rebound from Tarasenko
over Vasilevskiy¡¯s outstretched glove at 14:24.Steven Stamkos got the Lightning
within one with his 39th early in the third. Stamkos appeared to tie the game
with 5:43 remaining, but St. Louis won its challenge that Point was offside
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that.¡±NOTES: Blues C Tyler Bozak recorded his 400th career NHL point when he
assisted on Thomas¡¯ goal. ¡ Binnington improved to 12-0-1 in his career versus
Eastern Conference opponents. ¡ Lightning RW Yanni Gourde served the first game
of a two-game suspension for his illegal check to the head of Jordan Staal on
Thursday at Carolina. ¡ Stamkos has scored 32 goals since Nov. 29 to lead the
NHL.UP NEXTLightning: Host the Boston Bruins on Monday.Blues: Host the Vegas
Golden Knights on Monday.