Blues deal Flames third straight defeat

CALGARY — Robert Thomas scored for the third straight game and set up Nathan Walker's go-ahead goal late in the third period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.

Justin Faulk and Ryan O'Reilly also scored for St. Louis (38-20-10), which returns home after earning five of six possible points on its Western Canada road trip. Ivan Barbashev and Brandon Saad added empty-netters.

Villle Husso, who played over 47 minutes on Friday in relief of Jordan Binnington, was back in net for the Blues. He made 39 saves to improve to 19-6-5.

The Blues kick off a four-game homestand Monday against Arizona.

St. Louis is third in the Central Division, three points back of the second-place Minnesota Wild and four points up on the Nashville Predators.

Brett Ritchie, Johnny Gaudreau, Noah Hanifin and Dillon Dube scored for Calgary (40-19-9), which is winless in its last three. The Flames went 2-3-1 on their six-game homestand.

Jacob Markstrom made 19 stops for Calgary. His record fell to 31-14-8.

After a two-month stretch in which 21 of the Flames' last 26 games have been at the Saddledome, the Flames leave Sunday on a four-game trip that begins in Los Angeles Monday. It will be their first road trip longer than a single game in two months.

The Kings, second in the Pacific Division, climbed within three points of the Flames, who hold three games in hand.

Tied 3-3, the go-ahead goal came at 18:04 when Thomas carried the puck into the Flames end along the side boards, stopped and curled back, and sent a pass to the slot where Walker fired in his seventh goal of the season.

Two empty-net goals and a late goal rounded out the scoring.

Down 3-2 after two periods despite owning a 28-10 edge in